fumarate
"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)
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 “fumarate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Fowey
Fowey
5,131 corpus weight
- fumarate
fumarate
5,127 corpus weight
- funner
funner
5,126 corpus weight
- furr
furr
5,125 corpus weight
- furze
furze
5,124 corpus weight
- Galatia
Galatia
5,122 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fumarate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fumarate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,874 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fumarate” in English
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
- 1Any 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.
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