agarose

noun

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

The verdict

“agarose” is an uncommon English word, ranked #88,031 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#88,031
frequency rank, English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A polymeric cross-linked polysaccharide extracted from the seaweed agar; used to make gels that are used in electrophoresis.

Key facts for agarose
PropertyValue
Headwordagarose
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#88,031
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “agarose” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). agarose lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for agarose is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #88,031 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “agarose”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is A-G-A-R-O-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list