germplasm
"germplasm" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“germplasm” is uncommon English (frequency #80,481 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,481
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Seeds or tissues maintained for the purpose of animal or plant breeding, preservation or other research uses.
| 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) |
Where “germplasm” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
germplasm is uncommon English at frequency #80,481 among 18,276 “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.
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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Using “germplasm”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-E-R-M-P-L-A-S-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.