retinoid
"retinoid" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“retinoid” is uncommon English (frequency #94,193 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,193
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pertaining to or resembling a resin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-retinoid · retinoid · English
retinoid · rank #94,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,193
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 21,470
- PHOTO-FINISH resounded
Nearest frequency peer: resounded (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “retinoid”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- reorganising
reorganising
5,813 corpus weight
- republique
republique
5,812 corpus weight
- resounded
resounded
5,810 corpus weight
- retinoid
retinoid
5,808 corpus weight
- reversibili…
reversibility
5,805 corpus weight
- righter
righter
5,804 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “retinoid” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retinoid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retinoid” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
retinoid is uncommon English at frequency #94,193 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pertaining to or resembling a resin.".
No misspelling variants are generated for retinoid in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek ῥητίνη (rhētínē, “resin”) + -oid. The correct English form is retinoid, spelled R-E-T-I-N-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to or resembling a resin.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ῥητίνη (rhētínē, “resin”) + -oid.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "retinoid", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.