gastropod
/ˈɡæstɹəˌpɑd/
"gastropod" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gastropod” is uncommon English (frequency #94,883 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,883
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any member of a class of molluscs (Gastropoda) that includes snails, slugs, and limpets; univalve mollusc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gastropod · gastropod · English
gastropod · rank #94,883 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,883
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gasper
Nearest frequency peer: gasper (-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 “gastropod”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- furr
furr
5,125 corpus weight
- furze
furze
5,124 corpus weight
- Galatia
Galatia
5,122 corpus weight
- gascoyne
gascoyne
5,120 corpus weight
- gasper
gasper
5,119 corpus weight
- gastropod
gastropod
5,118 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gastropod” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “gastropod” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gastropod is uncommon English at frequency #94,883 among 2,313 “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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