agarose

noun

"agarose" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“agarose” is uncommon English (frequency #88,031 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,031
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A polymeric cross-linked polysaccharide extracted from the seaweed agar; used to make gels that are used in electrophoresis.

Corpus desk

Index EN-agarose · agarose · English

agarose · rank #88,031 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,031
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH adat

Nearest frequency peer: adat (-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 “agarose”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “agarose” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for agarose
PropertyValue
Headwordagarose
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#88,031
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “agarose” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).agarosefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “adat” (#88,030), “actualize” (#88,029), “aguayo” (#88,033). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “agarose” is #88,031. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

agarose is uncommon English at frequency #88,031 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A polymeric cross-linked polysaccharide extracted from the seaweed agar; used to make gels that are used in electrophoresis.".

agarose doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From agar + -ose. The correct English form is agarose, spelled A-G-A-R-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A polymeric cross-linked polysaccharide extracted from the seaweed agar; used to make gels that are used in electrophoresis.

Etymology

From agar + -ose.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "agarose"?
"agarose" is spelled A-G-A-R-O-S-E.
What does "agarose" mean?
As a noun, "agarose" means: A polymeric cross-linked polysaccharide extracted from the seaweed agar; used to make gels that are used in electrophoresis.
What is the origin of the word "agarose"?
From agar + -ose. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "agarose", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list