gamma
/ˈɡæ.mə/
"gamma" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gamma” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #11,217) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #11,217
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
Corpus desk
Index EN-gamma · gamma · English
gamma · rank #11,217 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,217
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH functionality
Nearest frequency peer: functionality (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gamma”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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fracture
88,787 corpus weight
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88,786 corpus weight
- functionali…
functionality
88,785 corpus weight
- gamma
gamma
88,784 corpus weight
- gays
gays
88,783 corpus weight
- gaze
gaze
88,782 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gamma” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gamma |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡæ.mə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gamma” sits in English frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for gamma is neighbouring look-alikes ("gma", "Gaza", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈɡæ.mə/. Frequency #11,217 among 2,313 “G” headwords. 11 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for gamma, with forms such as "agmma", "gamam", and "ggamma". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gma", "Gaza", "Gaya", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma). Doublet of gimel. The correct English form is gamma, spelled G-A-M-M-A.
Definition
- 1The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
- 2The letter Ɣɣ, used in the alphabets of several African languages, and in lowercase form in the IPA to represent a voiced velar fricative.
- 3A gamma ray or gamma-ray photon.
- 4The Gamma function, symbolized by Γ.
- 5A constant approximately equal to 0.57721566, symbolized by γ (also known as the Euler–Mascheroni constant).
- 6A non-SI unit of measure of magnetic flux density, equal to 1 nT.
- 7A non-SI unit of measure of mass, equal to 1 microgramme.
- 8Slope of log-log plot of video input and luminance output.
- 9Flight path angle; the angle by which an aircraft's flight path deviates from the horizontal plane.
- 10A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change in delta with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
- 11Synonym of gamma correction.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma). Doublet of gimel.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- agmma
- gamam
- ggamma
- gmama
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gamma - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "gamma" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "gma". View pair
- 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #11,217 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
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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.