aspartame
/əˈspɑːteɪm/
"aspartame" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aspartame” is an uncommon English word, ranked #53,379 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #53,379
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An artificial sweetener, the methyl ester of a dipeptide formed from aspartic acid and phenylalanine, used in many processed foods and beverages.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aspartame |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈspɑːteɪm/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,379 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aspartame” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for aspartame is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈspɑːteɪm/. Corpus data places it at rank #53,379 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An artificial sweetener, the methyl ester of a dipeptide formed from aspartic acid and phenylalanine, used in many processed foods and beverages.".
No misspelling variants are generated for aspartame in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Commercial name, from aspartic. The -ame is perhaps because aspartame is an amide. Compare aspartamine. The correct English form is aspartame, spelled A-S-P-A-R-T-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1An artificial sweetener, the methyl ester of a dipeptide formed from aspartic acid and phenylalanine, used in many processed foods and beverages.
Etymology
Commercial name, from aspartic. The -ame is perhaps because aspartame is an amide. Compare aspartamine.
Synonyms
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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 “aspartame”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-S-P-A-R-T-A-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈspɑːteɪm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.