dismutase

noun

"dismutase" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“dismutase” is an uncommon English word, ranked #96,944 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#96,944
frequency rank, English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of several enzymes that catalyze dismutation reactions.

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Key facts for dismutase
PropertyValue
Headworddismutase
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#96,944
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dismutase” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). dismutase lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for dismutase is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #96,944 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Any of several enzymes that catalyze dismutation reactions.".

No misspelling variants are generated for dismutase in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From dismutate + -ase. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is dismutase, spelled D-I-S-M-U-T-A-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any of several enzymes that catalyze dismutation reactions.

Etymology

From dismutate + -ase.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dismutase"?
"dismutase" is spelled D-I-S-M-U-T-A-S-E.
What does "dismutase" mean?
As a noun, "dismutase" means: Any of several enzymes that catalyze dismutation reactions.
What is the origin of the word "dismutase"?
From dismutate + -ase. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “dismutase”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is D-I-S-M-U-T-A-S-E - 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list