hyaluronic
"hyaluronic" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hyaluronic” is uncommon English (frequency #56,813 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,813
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hyaluronic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,813 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hyaluronic” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hyaluronic is uncommon English at frequency #56,813 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hyaluronic, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hyaloid + uronic. The correct English form is hyaluronic, spelled H-Y-A-L-U-R-O-N-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives
Etymology
From hyaloid + uronic.
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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Using “hyaluronic”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-Y-A-L-U-R-O-N-I-C - 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.