germplasm
"germplasm" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“germplasm” is uncommon English (frequency #80,481 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,481
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Seeds or tissues maintained for the purpose of animal or plant breeding, preservation or other research uses.
Corpus desk
Index EN-germplasm · germplasm · English
germplasm · rank #80,481 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,481
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gentian
Nearest frequency peer: gentian (-2 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 “germplasm”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gaster
gaster
19,523 corpus weight
- gentian
gentian
19,522 corpus weight
- germplasm
germplasm
19,520 corpus weight
- geta
geta
19,518 corpus weight
- Giannini
Giannini
19,517 corpus weight
- giardia
giardia
19,516 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “germplasm” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | germplasm |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “germplasm” in English
Rare enough to double-check
germplasm is uncommon English at frequency #80,481 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Seeds or tissues maintained for the purpose of animal or plant breeding, preservation or other research uses.".
No misspelling variants are generated for germplasm in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From germ + plasm. But compare germ plasm. The correct English form is germplasm, spelled G-E-R-M-P-L-A-S-M.
Definition
- 1Seeds or tissues maintained for the purpose of animal or plant breeding, preservation or other research uses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how germplasm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Since the number of problems that affect the bean crop is large, researchers in national and international programs have formed a network on genetic improvement in which germplasm evaluation and research results are exchanged.
1989, Zhang Yihua, Dong Yushen, Development of Research on Crop Germplasm Resources in China, Lloyd Knutson, Allan K. Stoner (editors), Biotic Diversity and Germplasm Preservation, Global Imperatives, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Beltsville Symposia in Agricultural Research 13, page 125, A good beginning has been made in joint surveys of Chinese germplasm…
Etymology
From germ + plasm. But compare germ plasm.
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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