genome
/ˈd͡ʒiː.nəʊm/
"genome" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“genome” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,220. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,220
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-genome · genome · English
genome · rank #11,220 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,220
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gaze
Nearest frequency peer: gaze (-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 “genome”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- gamma
gamma
88,784 corpus weight
- gays
gays
88,783 corpus weight
- gaze
gaze
88,782 corpus weight
- genome
genome
88,781 corpus weight
- grains
grains
88,780 corpus weight
- grape
grape
88,779 corpus weight
What this shows “genome” 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 | genome |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒiː.nəʊm/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “genome”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around genome (IPA /ˈd͡ʒiː.nəʊm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,220 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for genome, with forms such as "egnome", "genmoe", and "gennome". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "genre", "gnome", "gentle", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From earlier genom, from German Genom, coined by German botanist Hans Winkler in 1920 as a blend of Gen (“gene”) + Chromosom (“chromosome”). By surface analysis, gen(e) + -ome, or a blend of gen(e) + (chromos)ome. Spelling altered to reflect the surface ana… The correct English form is genome, spelled G-E-N-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how genome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, just as having the human genome has made it possible to ask new…
Because of her significant testing, Avery had had DNA sequencing of her “exome,” the part of her genome that makes proteins in the body, said Dr. Michael Wangler, a researcher at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital.
Etymology
From earlier genom, from German Genom, coined by German botanist Hans Winkler in 1920 as a blend of Gen (“gene”) + Chromosom (“chromosome”). By surface analysis, gen(e) + -ome, or a blend of gen(e) + (chromos)ome. Spelling altered to reflect the surface analysis.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egnome
- genmoe
- gennome
- genoem
- genomme
- geonme
- ggenome
- gneome
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of genome - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).