glucagon
/ˈɡluːkəɡən/
"glucagon" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“glucagon” is uncommon English (frequency #66,689 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,689
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A peptide hormone, produced by the pancreas, that opposes the action of insulin by stimulating the production of sugar
Corpus desk
Index EN-glucagon · glucagon · English
glucagon · rank #66,689 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,689
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH GPC
Nearest frequency peer: GPC (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “glucagon”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gautama
Gautama
33,317 corpus weight
- glucagon
glucagon
33,312 corpus weight
- GPC
GPC
33,310 corpus weight
- granule
granule
33,309 corpus weight
- gratin
gratin
33,308 corpus weight
- gravesite
gravesite
33,307 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “glucagon” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glucagon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡluːkəɡən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,689 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glucagon” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
glucagon is uncommon English at frequency #66,689 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡluːkəɡən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A peptide hormone, produced by the pancreas, that opposes the action of insulin by stimulating the production of sugar".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for glucagon, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From gluco- + Ancient Greek ἄγων (ágōn), present participle of ἄγω (ágō, “push forward, put in motion; stir up; excite, urge”). The correct English form is glucagon, spelled G-L-U-C-A-G-O-N.
Definition
- 1A peptide hormone, produced by the pancreas, that opposes the action of insulin by stimulating the production of sugar
Etymology
From gluco- + Ancient Greek ἄγων (ágōn), present participle of ἄγω (ágō, “push forward, put in motion; stir up; excite, urge”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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