gemma
"gemma" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gemma” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,834. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,834
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...
Corpus desk
Index EN-gemma · gemma · English
gemma · rank #18,834 · 5 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,834
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Gabrielle
Nearest frequency peer: Gabrielle (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “gemma”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- frantic
frantic
81,170 corpus weight
- fudge
fudge
81,169 corpus weight
- Gabrielle
Gabrielle
81,168 corpus weight
- gemma
gemma
81,167 corpus weight
- Gideon
Gideon
81,166 corpus weight
- glide
glide
81,165 corpus weight
What this shows “gemma” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “gemma”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around gemma, anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,834 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gemma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I know of no other genera with such intramarginal formation of true gemmae.
Gemmae are frequently longer than wide or of irregular shape. According to Degenkolbe, gemmae-bearing leaves are always different in form from normal leaves.
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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