galactose
/ɡəˈlaktəʊz/
"galactose" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“galactose” is uncommon English (frequency #69,875 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,875
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A monosaccharide found, along with lactose, in dairy products, and is synthesized by the body where it is found associated with glycolipids and glycoproteins.
Corpus desk
Index EN-galactose · galactose · English
galactose · rank #69,875 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,875
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gabapentin
Nearest frequency peer: gabapentin (-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 “galactose”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fritter
fritter
30,132 corpus weight
- Fultz
Fultz
30,129 corpus weight
- gabapentin
gabapentin
30,127 corpus weight
- galactose
galactose
30,126 corpus weight
- gallus
gallus
30,124 corpus weight
- Galápagos
Galápagos
30,123 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “galactose” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galactose |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡəˈlaktəʊz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “galactose” in English
Rare enough to double-check
galactose is uncommon English at frequency #69,875 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡəˈlaktəʊz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A monosaccharide found, along with lactose, in dairy products, and is synthesized by the body where it is found associated with glycolipids and glycoproteins.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for galactose in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 Ancient Greek γάλακτος (gálaktos, “milk”) + -ose (“sugar”). The correct English form is galactose, spelled G-A-L-A-C-T-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1A monosaccharide found, along with lactose, in dairy products, and is synthesized by the body where it is found associated with glycolipids and glycoproteins.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γάλακτος (gálaktos, “milk”) + -ose (“sugar”).
This word in other languages
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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