glycerine
/ˈɡlɪsəɹɪn/
"glycerine" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“glycerine” is uncommon English (frequency #71,535 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,535
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of glycerol
Corpus desk
Index EN-glycerine · glycerine · English
glycerine · rank #71,535 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,535
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH glossing
Nearest frequency peer: glossing (-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 “glycerine”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- geodesy
geodesy
28,470 corpus weight
- glasser
glasser
28,468 corpus weight
- glossing
glossing
28,467 corpus weight
- glycerine
glycerine
28,466 corpus weight
- Goebel
Goebel
28,465 corpus weight
- Gondwana
Gondwana
28,464 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “glycerine” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glycerine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡlɪsəɹɪn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,535 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “glycerine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
glycerine is uncommon English at frequency #71,535 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡlɪsəɹɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of glycerol".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for glycerine, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From glyco- + -ine, from French glycérine, from Ancient Greek γλυκερός (glukerós, “sweet”) (compare γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”)). The correct English form is glycerine, spelled G-L-Y-C-E-R-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Synonym of glycerol
Etymology
From glyco- + -ine, from French glycérine, from Ancient Greek γλυκερός (glukerós, “sweet”) (compare γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”)).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).