trophic
/ˈtɹɒfɪk/
"trophic" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trophic” is uncommon English (frequency #52,685 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,685
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to nutrition.
Corpus desk
Index EN-trophic · trophic · English
trophic · rank #52,685 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,685
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH travail
Nearest frequency peer: travail (-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 “trophic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- transmembra…
transmembrane
47,318 corpus weight
- travail
travail
47,317 corpus weight
- trophic
trophic
47,316 corpus weight
- tsarist
tsarist
47,315 corpus weight
- Tso
Tso
47,314 corpus weight
- Tubbs
Tubbs
47,313 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “trophic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trophic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtɹɒfɪk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “trophic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
trophic is uncommon English at frequency #52,685 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈtɹɒfɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for trophic, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek τροφικός (trophikós, “pertaining to food or nourishment”), from τροφή (trophḗ, “food”). The correct English form is trophic, spelled T-R-O-P-H-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to nutrition.
- 2Describing the relationships between the feeding habits of organisms in a food chain.
- 3Of or pertaining to growth.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τροφικός (trophikós, “pertaining to food or nourishment”), from τροφή (trophḗ, “food”).
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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