albumin
/ælˈbjuː.mən/
"albumin" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“albumin” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #48,050 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #48,050
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroi...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | albumin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ælˈbjuː.mən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,050 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “albumin” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for albumin is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ælˈbjuː.mən/. Corpus data places it at rank #48,050 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroi...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for albumin, with forms such as "ablumin", "albbumin", and "albmuin". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "alumina", "album", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French albumine, from Latin albumen. Compare albumen. The correct English form is albumin, spelled A-L-B-U-M-I-N.
Definition
- 1Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume.
Etymology
Borrowed from French albumine, from Latin albumen. Compare albumen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ablumin,albbumin,albmuin,albuimn,albuminn,albummin,albumni,allbumin,alubmin,labumin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of albumin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “albumin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-L-B-U-M-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ælˈbjuː.mən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “alumina” - see the side-by-side comparison. albumin vs alumina
- 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.