chondroitin
/kɒnˈdɹoʊ.ɪtɪn/
"chondroitin" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chondroitin” is uncommon English (frequency #89,226 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,226
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of a range of mucopolysaccharides, derived from galactosamine and glucuronic acid, that occur in cartilage and bone.
| 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) |
Where “chondroitin” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chondroitin is uncommon English at frequency #89,226 among 43,570 “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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- The one correct English spelling is C-H-O-N-D-R-O-I-T-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.