gastric acid
/ˈɡæstɹɪk ˈæsɪd/
"gastric-acid" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gastric acid” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The acidic secretion of the stomach; mostly hydrochloric acid.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gastric acid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡæstɹɪk ˈæsɪd/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gastric acid” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gastric acid is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡæstɹɪk ˈæsɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The acidic secretion of the stomach; mostly hydrochloric acid.".
gastric acid has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is gastric acid, spelled G-A-S-T-R-I-C- -A-C-I-D.
Definition
- 1The acidic secretion of the stomach; mostly hydrochloric acid.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “gastric acid”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-A-S-T-R-I-C- -A-C-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡæstɹɪk ˈæsɪd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.