gemma
"gemma" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gemma” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #18,834 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,834
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An asexual reproductive structure, as found in animals such as hydra (genus Hydra) and plants such as liverworts (division Marchantiophyta), consisting of a cluster of cells from which new individu...
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 | gemma |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #18,834 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gemma” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for gemma is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #18,834 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An asexual reproductive structure, as found in animals such as hydra (genus Hydra) and plants such as liverworts (division Marchantiophyta), consisting of a cluster of cells from which new individu...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for gemma, with forms such as "egmma", "gema", and "gemam". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "gma", "germ", "gimme", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”). Doublet of gem and Gemma. The correct English form is gemma, spelled G-E-M-M-A.
Definition
- 1An asexual reproductive structure, as found in animals such as hydra (genus Hydra) and plants such as liverworts (division Marchantiophyta), consisting of a cluster of cells from which new individuals can develop; a bud.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”). Doublet of gem and Gemma.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egmma,gema,gemam,ggemma,gmema
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gemma - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “gemma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-E-M-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “gma” - see the side-by-side comparison. gemma vs gma
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.