triglyceride
/tɹaɪˈɡlɪsəɹaɪd/
"triglyceride" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“triglyceride” is uncommon English (frequency #59,773 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,773
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A lipid, an ester of glycerol and three fatty acids (the same or different); the major constituent of animal and vegetable fats
Corpus desk
Index EN-triglyceride · triglyceride · English
triglyceride · rank #59,773 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,773
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH trice
Nearest frequency peer: trice (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “triglyceride”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- trainwreck
trainwreck
40,232 corpus weight
- trice
trice
40,229 corpus weight
- triglyceride
triglyceride
40,228 corpus weight
- trillium
trillium
40,227 corpus weight
- Trinitarian
Trinitarian
40,226 corpus weight
- trudge
trudge
40,225 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “triglyceride” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | triglyceride |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɹaɪˈɡlɪsəɹaɪd/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #59,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “triglyceride” in English
Rare enough to double-check
triglyceride is uncommon English at frequency #59,773 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɹaɪˈɡlɪsəɹaɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A lipid, an ester of glycerol and three fatty acids (the same or different); the major constituent of animal and vegetable fats".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for triglyceride, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tri- + glyceride. The correct English form is triglyceride, spelled T-R-I-G-L-Y-C-E-R-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1A lipid, an ester of glycerol and three fatty acids (the same or different); the major constituent of animal and vegetable fats
Etymology
From tri- + glyceride.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).