spirulina
/ˌspɪɹəˈliːnə/
"spirulina" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spirulina” is uncommon English (frequency #86,777 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,777
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A food supplement prepared from blue-green algae of the genus Arthrospira found in soda lakes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spirulina |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌspɪɹəˈliːnə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #86,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spirulina” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
spirulina is uncommon English at frequency #86,777 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌspɪɹəˈliːnə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A food supplement prepared from blue-green algae of the genus Arthrospira found in soda lakes.".
spirulina has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From genus name Spirulina. The correct English form is spirulina, spelled S-P-I-R-U-L-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1A food supplement prepared from blue-green algae of the genus Arthrospira found in soda lakes.
Etymology
From genus name Spirulina.
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 “spirulina”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-P-I-R-U-L-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.