trichome
/ˈtɹaɪkoʊm/
"trichome" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trichome” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A hair- or scale-like extension of the epidermis of a plant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-trichome · trichome · English
trichome · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | trichome |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹaɪkoʊm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “trichome” in English
Rare enough to double-check
trichome is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɹaɪkoʊm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for trichome, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French trichome, from New Latin trichoma, from Ancient Greek τρίχωμα (tríkhōma), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) or independently from tricho- + -ome. Doublet of trichoma. The correct English form is trichome, spelled T-R-I-C-H-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1A hair- or scale-like extension of the epidermis of a plant.
- 2Hairlike structures found in some microscopic organisms and algae.
- 3A row of cells formed by successive cell divisions.
Etymology
From French trichome, from New Latin trichoma, from Ancient Greek τρίχωμα (tríkhōma), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) or independently from tricho- + -ome. Doublet of trichoma.
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.