glomerular
/ɡlɒˈmɛɹ(j)ʊlə(ɹ)/
"glomerular" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“glomerular” is uncommon English (frequency #74,996 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,996
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to or affecting a glomerulus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-glomerular · glomerular · English
glomerular · rank #74,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,996
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH glycolic
Nearest frequency peer: glycolic (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “glomerular”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gladden
gladden
25,010 corpus weight
- glasnost
glasnost
25,009 corpus weight
- glomerular
glomerular
25,005 corpus weight
- glycolic
glycolic
25,004 corpus weight
- goddaughter
goddaughter
25,002 corpus weight
- goldfield
goldfield
25,000 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “glomerular” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glomerular |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɡlɒˈmɛɹ(j)ʊlə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “glomerular” in English
Rare enough to double-check
glomerular is uncommon English at frequency #74,996 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɡlɒˈmɛɹ(j)ʊlə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, pertaining to or affecting a glomerulus.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for glomerular, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From glomerulus + -ar. By surface analysis, glomerul- + -ar. The correct English form is glomerular, spelled G-L-O-M-E-R-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Of, pertaining to or affecting a glomerulus.
Etymology
From glomerulus + -ar. By surface analysis, glomerul- + -ar.
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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