thyroid gland
"thyroid-gland" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thyroid gland” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland situated on the front of the neck that produces various hormones.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thyroid gland |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thyroid gland” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
thyroid gland is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland situated on the front of the neck that produces various hormones.".
Zero misspellings are on record for thyroid gland in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin glandula thyreoidea, coined by Thomas Wharton in 1656. The correct English form is thyroid gland, spelled T-H-Y-R-O-I-D- -G-L-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1A large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland situated on the front of the neck that produces various hormones.
Etymology
From New Latin glandula thyreoidea, coined by Thomas Wharton in 1656.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “thyroid gland”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-H-Y-R-O-I-D- -G-L-A-N-D - 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.