styrene
/ˈstaɪriːn/
"styrene" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“styrene” is uncommon English (frequency #50,826 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,826
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An aromatic hydrocarbon; a colourless, oily liquid, used in the manufacture of polymers such as polystyrene.
Corpus desk
Index EN-styrene · styrene · English
styrene · rank #50,826 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,826
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH studious
Nearest frequency peer: studious (-2 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 “styrene”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- stevia
stevia
49,179 corpus weight
- stoking
stoking
49,178 corpus weight
- studious
studious
49,177 corpus weight
- styrene
styrene
49,175 corpus weight
- systemically
systemically
49,173 corpus weight
- Talley
Talley
49,171 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “styrene” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | styrene |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstaɪriːn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “styrene” in English
Rare enough to double-check
styrene is uncommon English at frequency #50,826 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈstaɪriːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An aromatic hydrocarbon; a colourless, oily liquid, used in the manufacture of polymers such as polystyrene.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for styrene in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin styrax (or storax) + -ene. The correct English form is styrene, spelled S-T-Y-R-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1An aromatic hydrocarbon; a colourless, oily liquid, used in the manufacture of polymers such as polystyrene.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how styrene appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He combined styrene with isobutylene, a volatile liquid, under pressure.
Etymology
From Latin styrax (or storax) + -ene.
Synonyms
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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