urethane
"urethane" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“urethane” is uncommon English (frequency #59,096 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,096
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A white crystalline organic compound, ethyl-carbamate, NH₂COOC₂H₅, used in the synthesis of other organic compounds.
Corpus desk
Index EN-urethane · urethane · English
urethane · rank #59,096 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,096
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unforced
Nearest frequency peer: unforced (-2 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 “urethane”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unchangeable
unchangeable
40,908 corpus weight
- unforced
unforced
40,907 corpus weight
- urethane
urethane
40,905 corpus weight
- Valletta
Valletta
40,902 corpus weight
- varus
varus
40,901 corpus weight
- Velez
Velez
40,900 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “urethane” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | urethane |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “urethane” in English
Rare enough to double-check
urethane is uncommon English at frequency #59,096 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for urethane in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French uréthane, coined (1833) by Jean Baptiste Dumas. The correct English form is urethane, spelled U-R-E-T-H-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1A white crystalline organic compound, ethyl-carbamate, NH₂COOC₂H₅, used in the synthesis of other organic compounds.
- 2Any compound consisting of this general structure.
- 3Polyurethane.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how urethane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He doesn’t remember polishing off the bottle of slivovitz that stands empty on the scratched urethane surface of the oak-veneer tabletop, next to the wing chair.
Etymology
From French uréthane, coined (1833) by Jean Baptiste Dumas.
Synonyms
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).