spirulina
/ˌspɪɹəˈliːnə/
"spirulina" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spirulina” is uncommon English (frequency #86,777 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,777
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A food supplement prepared from blue-green algae of the genus Arthrospira found in soda lakes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-spirulina · spirulina · English
spirulina · rank #86,777 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,777
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH spirally
Nearest frequency peer: spirally (-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 “spirulina”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sory
sory
13,229 corpus weight
- Speyside
Speyside
13,227 corpus weight
- spirally
spirally
13,225 corpus weight
- spirulina
spirulina
13,224 corpus weight
- Spurr
Spurr
13,220 corpus weight
- squinty
squinty
13,217 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “spirulina” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “spirulina” in English
Rare enough to double-check
spirulina is uncommon English at frequency #86,777 among 6,566 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spirulina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Another interesting factor in Spirulina is its effect upon appetite. Either it is so concentrated that the body signals a satisfaction feeling from the digestive tract where Spirulina has a remarkable 85% digestibility […]
Research by the meat and dairy industries has been slanted. New discoveries show that B12 can be found in numerous non-meat sources, such as olives, mushrooms, bananas, spirulina, bee pollen, concord grapes, […]
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).