telomere
/ˈtɛləmɪəɹ/
"telomere" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“telomere” is uncommon English (frequency #61,151 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,151
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Either of the sequences of DNA at each end of a eukaryotic chromosome.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | telomere |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɛləmɪəɹ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “telomere” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
telomere is uncommon English at frequency #61,151 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɛləmɪəɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Either of the sequences of DNA at each end of a eukaryotic chromosome.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for telomere, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From telo- (“end”) + -mere (“part”). The correct English form is telomere, spelled T-E-L-O-M-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1Either of the sequences of DNA at each end of a eukaryotic chromosome.
Etymology
From telo- (“end”) + -mere (“part”).
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 “telomere”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-E-L-O-M-E-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtɛləmɪəɹ/ (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.