albumen
/ˈælbjʊmən/
"albumen" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“albumen” is uncommon English (frequency #89,086 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,086
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.
Corpus desk
Index EN-albumen · albumen · English
albumen · rank #89,086 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,086
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Algol
Nearest frequency peer: Algol (+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 “albumen”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- agitprop
agitprop
10,920 corpus weight
- agonizingly
agonizingly
10,919 corpus weight
- albumen
albumen
10,915 corpus weight
- Algol
Algol
10,914 corpus weight
- alliant
alliant
10,911 corpus weight
- allogeneic
allogeneic
10,910 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “albumen” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | albumen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈælbjʊmən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “albumen” in English
Rare enough to double-check
albumen is uncommon English at frequency #89,086 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈælbjʊmən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for albumen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin albūmen (“white of an egg”), from albus (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos (“white”). The correct English form is albumen, spelled A-L-B-U-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.
- 2The endosperm of flowering plants.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how albumen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The various elements found in food are the following: Starch, sugar, fats, albumen, mineral substances, indigestible substances.
Etymology
From Latin albūmen (“white of an egg”), from albus (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos (“white”).
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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