gaster
/ˈɡæ.stɚ/
"gaster" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gaster” is uncommon English (frequency #80,478 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,478
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The stomach.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gaster · gaster · English
gaster · rank #80,478 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,478
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gentian
Nearest frequency peer: gentian (+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 “gaster”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gak
gak
19,528 corpus weight
- gammy
gammy
19,527 corpus weight
- gaster
gaster
19,523 corpus weight
- gentian
gentian
19,522 corpus weight
- germplasm
germplasm
19,520 corpus weight
- geta
geta
19,518 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gaster” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gaster |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡæ.stɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,478 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gaster” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gaster is uncommon English at frequency #80,478 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡæ.stɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gaster, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowing from Ancient Greek γᾰστήρ (găstḗr, “paunch, belly”). The correct English form is gaster, spelled G-A-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1The stomach.
- 2The enlarged part of the abdomen behind the petiole in hymenopterous insects (such as ants).
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek γᾰστήρ (găstḗr, “paunch, belly”).
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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