chondroitin
/kɒnˈdɹoʊ.ɪtɪn/
"chondroitin" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chondroitin” is uncommon English (frequency #89,226 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,226
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of a range of mucopolysaccharides, derived from galactosamine and glucuronic acid, that occur in cartilage and bone.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chondroitin · chondroitin · English
chondroitin · rank #89,226 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,226
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chlorate
Nearest frequency peer: chlorate (-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 “chondroitin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- charring
charring
10,780 corpus weight
- childline
childline
10,778 corpus weight
- chillingly
chillingly
10,777 corpus weight
- chlorate
chlorate
10,776 corpus weight
- chondroitin
chondroitin
10,775 corpus weight
- chorionic
chorionic
10,774 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “chondroitin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chondroitin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɒnˈdɹoʊ.ɪtɪn/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #89,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chondroitin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chondroitin is uncommon English at frequency #89,226 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɒnˈdɹoʊ.ɪtɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of a range of mucopolysaccharides, derived from galactosamine and glucuronic acid, that occur in cartilage and bone.".
Zero misspellings are on record for chondroitin in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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: By surface analysis, chondro- + -ite + -in. The correct English form is chondroitin, spelled C-H-O-N-D-R-O-I-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1Any of a range of mucopolysaccharides, derived from galactosamine and glucuronic acid, that occur in cartilage and bone.
Etymology
By surface analysis, chondro- + -ite + -in.
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).