ribosome
/ˈɹaɪbəˌsəʊm/
"ribosome" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ribosome” is uncommon English (frequency #58,317 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,317
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ribosome · ribosome · English
ribosome · rank #58,317 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,317
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reverberation
Nearest frequency peer: reverberation (-1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “ribosome”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- reenact
reenact
41,691 corpus weight
- returnable
returnable
41,686 corpus weight
- reverberati…
reverberation
41,685 corpus weight
- ribosome
ribosome
41,684 corpus weight
- Rioja
Rioja
41,681 corpus weight
- Roby
Roby
41,680 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ribosome” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ribosome |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹaɪbəˌsəʊm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ribosome” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ribosome is uncommon English at frequency #58,317 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹaɪbəˌsəʊm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ribosome, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ribo- + -some. The correct English form is ribosome, spelled R-I-B-O-S-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1A small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA.
Etymology
From ribo- + -some.
This word in other languages
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.
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