serotype
"serotype" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“serotype” is uncommon English (frequency #89,891 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,891
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A group of microorganisms characterised by a specific set of antigens.
Corpus desk
Index EN-serotype · serotype · English
serotype · rank #89,891 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,891
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH Serna
Nearest frequency peer: Serna (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “serotype”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- senselessly
senselessly
10,115 corpus weight
- Serna
Serna
10,111 corpus weight
- serotype
serotype
10,110 corpus weight
- Serpico
Serpico
10,109 corpus weight
- Sette
Sette
10,108 corpus weight
- sharky
sharky
10,106 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “serotype” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | serotype |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,891 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “serotype” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
serotype is uncommon English at frequency #89,891 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A group of microorganisms characterised by a specific set of antigens.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for serotype in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sero- + -type. The correct English form is serotype, spelled S-E-R-O-T-Y-P-E.
Definition
- 1A group of microorganisms characterised by a specific set of antigens.
Etymology
From sero- + -type.
Synonyms
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 "serotype", 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.