alginate
/ˈæl.dʒɪ.neɪt/
"alginate" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“alginate” is uncommon English (frequency #82,033 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,033
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any salt or ester of alginic acid.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alginate · alginate · English
alginate · rank #82,033 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,033
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Aleksandra
Nearest frequency peer: Aleksandra (-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 “alginate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Aharon
Aharon
17,972 corpus weight
- Ahuja
Ahuja
17,971 corpus weight
- Aleksandra
Aleksandra
17,969 corpus weight
- alginate
alginate
17,968 corpus weight
- amiright
amiright
17,966 corpus weight
- Ammann
Ammann
17,965 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “alginate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alginate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæl.dʒɪ.neɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “alginate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
alginate is uncommon English at frequency #82,033 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæl.dʒɪ.neɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any salt or ester of alginic acid.".
Zero misspellings are on record for alginate in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From alginic acid + -ate (“salt, ester”). The correct English form is alginate, spelled A-L-G-I-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Any salt or ester of alginic acid.
Etymology
From alginic acid + -ate (“salt, ester”).
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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