gastropod
/ˈɡæstɹəˌpɑd/
"gastropod" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gastropod” is uncommon English (frequency #94,883 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,883
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any member of a class of molluscs (Gastropoda) that includes snails, slugs, and limpets; univalve mollusc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gastropod |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡæstɹəˌpɑd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #94,883 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gastropod” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gastropod is uncommon English at frequency #94,883 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡæstɹəˌpɑd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any member of a class of molluscs (Gastropoda) that includes snails, slugs, and limpets; univalve mollusc.".
No misspelling variants are generated for gastropod in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French gastéropode, from gastro- + -poda, New Latin, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”) and πούς (poús, “foot”). The correct English form is gastropod, spelled G-A-S-T-R-O-P-O-D.
Definition
- 1Any member of a class of molluscs (Gastropoda) that includes snails, slugs, and limpets; univalve mollusc.
Etymology
From French gastéropode, from gastro- + -poda, New Latin, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”) and πούς (poús, “foot”).
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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- The one correct English spelling is G-A-S-T-R-O-P-O-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.