xylem
/ˈzaɪ.ləm/
"xylem" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“xylem” is uncommon English (frequency #74,671 among 54 “X” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,671
- frequency rank, English
- 54
- “X” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.
Corpus desk
Index EN-xylem · xylem · English
xylem · rank #74,671 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,671
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 54
- PHOTO-FINISH youself
Nearest frequency peer: youself (+4 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 “xylem”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- wurst
wurst
25,336 corpus weight
- WX
WX
25,335 corpus weight
- xylem
xylem
25,330 corpus weight
- youself
youself
25,326 corpus weight
- youthfulness
youthfulness
25,325 corpus weight
- Zabel
Zabel
25,324 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “xylem” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | xylem |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈzaɪ.ləm/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,671 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “xylem” in English
Rare enough to double-check
xylem is uncommon English at frequency #74,671 among 54 “X” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈzaɪ.ləm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for xylem, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Xylem, from Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”). The correct English form is xylem, spelled X-Y-L-E-M.
Definition
- 1A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.
Etymology
From German Xylem, from Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”).
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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