aldosterone
/ælˈdɒstəɹəʊn/
"aldosterone" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aldosterone” is uncommon English (frequency #73,850 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,850
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mineralocorticoid hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that regulates the balance of sodium and potassium in the body.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aldosterone · aldosterone · English
aldosterone · rank #73,850 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,850
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH aglow
Nearest frequency peer: aglow (-3 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 “aldosterone”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- affaire
affaire
26,157 corpus weight
- afrobeat
afrobeat
26,156 corpus weight
- aglow
aglow
26,154 corpus weight
- aldosterone
aldosterone
26,151 corpus weight
- alveoli
alveoli
26,147 corpus weight
- ampere
ampere
26,146 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “aldosterone” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aldosterone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ælˈdɒstəɹəʊn/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #73,850 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “aldosterone” in English
Rare enough to double-check
aldosterone is uncommon English at frequency #73,850 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ælˈdɒstəɹəʊn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A mineralocorticoid hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that regulates the balance of sodium and potassium in the body.".
Zero misspellings are on record for aldosterone in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From aldo- (“related to aldehydes”) + -sterone, modelled on German Aldosteron; coined in the 1950s. The correct English form is aldosterone, spelled A-L-D-O-S-T-E-R-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1A mineralocorticoid hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that regulates the balance of sodium and potassium in the body.
Etymology
From aldo- (“related to aldehydes”) + -sterone, modelled on German Aldosteron; coined in the 1950s.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).