denatured
"denatured" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“denatured” is uncommon English (frequency #63,555 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,555
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-denatured · denatured · English
denatured · rank #63,555 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,555
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH demerit
Nearest frequency peer: demerit (-1 rank slots)
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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 “denatured”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- deferment
deferment
36,449 corpus weight
- demerit
demerit
36,447 corpus weight
- denatured
denatured
36,446 corpus weight
- devoutly
devoutly
36,444 corpus weight
- Dieppe
Dieppe
36,441 corpus weight
- differentia…
differentiable
36,440 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “denatured” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | denatured |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “denatured” in English
Rare enough to double-check
denatured is uncommon English at frequency #63,555 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
denatured doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From denature + -ed. The correct English form is denatured, spelled D-E-N-A-T-U-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed.
- 2Of alcohol: made undrinkable by adding a toxin or unpalatable substance, but still useful as a fuel or solvent. Traditionally achieved by the addition of methanol (wood alcohol) to ethanol (grain alcohol).
Etymology
From denature + -ed.
Synonyms
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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