homocysteine
"homocysteine" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“homocysteine” is uncommon English (frequency #75,049 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,049
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An amino acid which is monitored in the blood to estimate risk of cardiovascular disease.
Corpus desk
Index EN-homocysteine · homocysteine · English
homocysteine · rank #75,049 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,049
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH hollowing
Nearest frequency peer: hollowing (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “homocysteine”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Hirai
Hirai
24,957 corpus weight
- hollowing
hollowing
24,953 corpus weight
- homocysteine
homocysteine
24,952 corpus weight
- Honorius
Honorius
24,951 corpus weight
- Hopman
Hopman
24,950 corpus weight
- hout
hout
24,948 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “homocysteine” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | homocysteine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #75,049 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “homocysteine” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
homocysteine is uncommon English at frequency #75,049 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An amino acid which is monitored in the blood to estimate risk of cardiovascular disease.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for homocysteine, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From homo- + cysteine. The correct English form is homocysteine, spelled H-O-M-O-C-Y-S-T-E-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1An amino acid which is monitored in the blood to estimate risk of cardiovascular disease.
Etymology
From homo- + cysteine.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.