snowdrop
/ˈsnəʊ.dɹɒp/
"snowdrop" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“snowdrop” is uncommon English (frequency #73,641 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,641
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of the 20 species of the genus Galanthus of the Amaryllidaceae, bulbous flowering plants, bearing a solitary, pendulous, white, bell-shaped flower that appears, depending on species, between au...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | snowdrop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsnəʊ.dɹɒp/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,641 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “snowdrop” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
snowdrop is uncommon English at frequency #73,641 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsnəʊ.dɹɒp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for snowdrop, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From snow + drop. The correct English form is snowdrop, spelled S-N-O-W-D-R-O-P.
Definition
- 1Any of the 20 species of the genus Galanthus of the Amaryllidaceae, bulbous flowering plants, bearing a solitary, pendulous, white, bell-shaped flower that appears, depending on species, between autumn and late winter or early spring, all native to temperate Eurasia.
- 2Alternative letter-case form of Snowdrop (“a Royal Air Force police officer”).
Etymology
From snow + drop.
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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Using “snowdrop”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-N-O-W-D-R-O-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsnəʊ.dɹɒp/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.