thermoplastic

adj

"thermoplastic" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“thermoplastic” has 21 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,696. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,696
frequency rank, English
27,828
“T” headwords
21
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Softening when heated and hardening when cooled, and thus able to be moulded, remelted, and remoulded.

Key facts for thermoplastic
PropertyValue
Headwordthermoplastic
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters13
Frequency rank#45,696
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “thermoplastic” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). thermoplastic lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around thermoplastic, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,696 among 27,828 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Softening when heated and hardening when cooled, and thus able to be moulded, remelted, and remoulded.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for thermoplastic, with forms such as "htermoplastic", "tehrmoplastic", and "themroplastic". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From thermo- + plastic. The correct English form is thermoplastic, spelled T-H-E-R-M-O-P-L-A-S-T-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Softening when heated and hardening when cooled, and thus able to be moulded, remelted, and remoulded.

Etymology

From thermo- + plastic.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • htermoplastic
  • tehrmoplastic
  • themroplastic
  • thermmoplastic
  • thermolpastic
  • thermopalstic
  • thermoplasitc
  • thermoplasstic
  • thermoplastci
  • thermoplasticc
  • thermoplasttic
  • thermoplatsic
  • thermopllastic
  • thermoplsatic
  • thermopplastic
  • thermpolastic
  • theromplastic
  • therrmoplastic
  • thhermoplastic
  • thremoplastic
  • tthermoplastic

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thermoplastic - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

htermoplastic2tehrmoplastic2themroplastic2thermmoplastic1thermolpastic2thermopalstic2thermoplasitc2thermoplasstic1
Edit distance from "thermoplastic"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "thermoplastic"?
"thermoplastic" is spelled T-H-E-R-M-O-P-L-A-S-T-I-C.
What does "thermoplastic" mean?
As an adjective, "thermoplastic" means: Softening when heated and hardening when cooled, and thus able to be moulded, remelted, and remoulded.
What are common misspellings of "thermoplastic"?
Common misspellings include "htermoplastic", "tehrmoplastic", "themroplastic", "thermmoplastic", "thermolpastic". The correct spelling is "thermoplastic".
What is the origin of the word "thermoplastic"?
From thermo- + plastic. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “thermoplastic”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is T-H-E-R-M-O-P-L-A-S-T-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list