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 September 3, 2026) - A large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland situated on the front of the neck that produces various hormones.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thyroid-gland · thyroid gland · English
thyroid gland · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thyroid gland |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “thyroid gland” in English
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.