hemoglobin
/ˌhimoʊˈɡloʊbɪn/
"hemoglobin" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hemoglobin” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,027. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,027
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron ...
Corpus desk
Index EN-hemoglobin · hemoglobin · English
hemoglobin · rank #32,027 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,027
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hellish
Nearest frequency peer: hellish (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “hemoglobin”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Haq
Haq
67,978 corpus weight
- Hardwick
Hardwick
67,977 corpus weight
- Harrogate
Harrogate
67,976 corpus weight
- hellish
hellish
67,975 corpus weight
- hemoglobin
hemoglobin
67,974 corpus weight
- hermitage
hermitage
67,973 corpus weight
What this shows “hemoglobin” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hemoglobin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌhimoʊˈɡloʊbɪn/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #32,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hemoglobin”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around hemoglobin (IPA /ˌhimoʊˈɡloʊbɪn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,027 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for hemoglobin, with forms such as "ehmoglobin", "hemgolobin", and "hemmoglobin". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Originally hematinoglobulin, from hematin (from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -in) + -o- + globulin (from Latin globus (“ball, sphere”) + -in). The correct English form is hemoglobin, spelled H-E-M-O-G-L-O-B-I-N.
Definition
- 1The iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron at its centre).
Etymology
Originally hematinoglobulin, from hematin (from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -in) + -o- + globulin (from Latin globus (“ball, sphere”) + -in).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehmoglobin
- hemgolobin
- hemmoglobin
- hemogglobin
- hemoglboin
- hemogllobin
- hemoglobbin
- hemoglobinn
- hemoglobni
- hemogloibn
- hemogolbin
- hemolgobin
- heomglobin
- hhemoglobin
- hmeoglobin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hemoglobin - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).