globules
"globules" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“globules” is uncommon English (frequency #93,743 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,743
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of globule
Corpus desk
Index EN-globules · globules · English
globules · rank #93,743 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,743
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH globose
Nearest frequency peer: globose (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “globules”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- giddiness
giddiness
6,262 corpus weight
- globose
globose
6,259 corpus weight
- globules
globules
6,258 corpus weight
- GLONASS
GLONASS
6,257 corpus weight
- glowering
glowering
6,255 corpus weight
- Goda
Goda
6,254 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “globules” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | globules |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “globules” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
globules is uncommon English at frequency #93,743 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of globule".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for globules, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is globules, spelled G-L-O-B-U-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of globule
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how globules appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.