Gluten

/[ɡluˈteːn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,613

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Gluten is aGermannoun. It means: ein hauptsächlich aus Proteinen bestehendes Gemisch, das vorwiegend in traditionellen Getreidesorten vorkommt Pronounced [ɡluˈteːn]. Often confused with gute and guten.

Key facts for Gluten
PropertyValue
HeadwordGluten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡluˈteːn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#33,613
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Gluten in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gluten is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡluˈteːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,613 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein hauptsächlich aus Proteinen bestehendes Gemisch, das vorwiegend in traditionellen Getreidesorten vorkommt".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Gluten, with forms such as "ggluten", "glluten", and "gltuen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gute", "guten", "gutes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Gluten, spelled G-L-U-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein hauptsächlich aus Proteinen bestehendes Gemisch, das vorwiegend in traditionellen Getreidesorten vorkommt

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggluten,glluten,gltuen,gluetn,glutenn,glutne,glutten,gulten,lguten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Gluten

Misspelling Variants of "Gluten"

ggluten7glluten7gltuen6gluetn6glutenn7glutne6glutten7gulten6
Misspelling Variants of "Gluten"

Frequency rank: #33,613 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gluten"?
"Gluten" is spelled G-L-U-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡluˈteːn].
What does "Gluten" mean?
As a noun, "Gluten" means: ein hauptsächlich aus Proteinen bestehendes Gemisch, das vorwiegend in traditionellen Getreidesorten vorkommt
What words are commonly confused with "Gluten"?
"Gluten" is commonly confused with "gute", "guten", "gutes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gluten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gluten" is [ɡluˈteːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gluten" come from?
"Gluten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.