fumarate

noun

"fumarate" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“fumarate” is uncommon English (frequency #94,874 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,874
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any salt or ester of fumaric acid; they are produced in the body as part of the urea cycle.

Corpus desk

Index EN-fumarate · fumarate · English

fumarate · rank #94,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,874
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH funner

Nearest frequency peer: funner (+1 rank slots)

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Long-tail ranks near “fumarate”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “fumarate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fumarate
PropertyValue
Headwordfumarate
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#94,874
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “fumarate” in English

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “funner” (#94,875), “furr” (#94,876), “furze” (#94,877). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “fumarate” is #94,874. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fumarate is uncommon English at frequency #94,874 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any salt or ester of fumaric acid; they are produced in the body as part of the urea cycle.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fumarate, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From fumaric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). The correct English form is fumarate, spelled F-U-M-A-R-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any salt or ester of fumaric acid; they are produced in the body as part of the urea cycle.

Etymology

From fumaric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fumarate"?
"fumarate" is spelled F-U-M-A-R-A-T-E.
What does "fumarate" mean?
As a noun, "fumarate" means: Any salt or ester of fumaric acid; they are produced in the body as part of the urea cycle.
What is the origin of the word "fumarate"?
From fumaric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list