ascorbic
"ascorbic" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ascorbic” is uncommon English (frequency #59,201 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,201
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to ascorbic acid or its derivatives.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ascorbic · ascorbic · English
ascorbic · rank #59,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,201
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH asceticism
Nearest frequency peer: asceticism (-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 “ascorbic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Arrington
Arrington
40,804 corpus weight
- arvo
arvo
40,802 corpus weight
- asceticism
asceticism
40,801 corpus weight
- ascorbic
ascorbic
40,800 corpus weight
- ASIO
ASIO
40,799 corpus weight
- ATG
ATG
40,795 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ascorbic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ascorbic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ascorbic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ascorbic is uncommon English at frequency #59,201 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ascorbic in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a- + scorbutic, possibly influenced by scorbic. The correct English form is ascorbic, spelled A-S-C-O-R-B-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to ascorbic acid or its derivatives.
- 2Associated with the absence of scurvy; acting against scurvy.
Etymology
From a- + scorbutic, possibly influenced by scorbic.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).