gonadotropin
"gonadotropin" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gonadotropin” is uncommon English (frequency #79,546 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,546
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of a group of protein hormones secreted by gonadotrope cells of the pituitary gland of vertebrates.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gonadotropin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #79,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gonadotropin” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gonadotropin is uncommon English at frequency #79,546 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of a group of protein hormones secreted by gonadotrope cells of the pituitary gland of vertebrates.".
No misspelling variants are generated for gonadotropin in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From gonadotrope + -in. The correct English form is gonadotropin, spelled G-O-N-A-D-O-T-R-O-P-I-N.
Definition
- 1Any of a group of protein hormones secreted by gonadotrope cells of the pituitary gland of vertebrates.
Etymology
From gonadotrope + -in.
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 “gonadotropin”
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- The one correct English spelling is G-O-N-A-D-O-T-R-O-P-I-N - 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.