inositol
/ʌɪˈnəʊ.sɪ.tɒl/
"inositol" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inositol” is uncommon English (frequency #62,222 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,222
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A simple carbocyclic sugar (hexahydroxycyclohexane; chemical formula: C₆H₁₂O₆) which occurs in animal and plant tissue. Once treated as part of the vitamin B complex, but is not a vitamin as it can...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inositol |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʌɪˈnəʊ.sɪ.tɒl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inositol” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
inositol is uncommon English at frequency #62,222 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʌɪˈnəʊ.sɪ.tɒl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A simple carbocyclic sugar (hexahydroxycyclohexane; chemical formula: C₆H₁₂O₆) which occurs in animal and plant tissue. Once treated as part of the vitamin B complex, but is not a vitamin as it can...".
Zero misspellings are on record for inositol in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From its former name inosite + -ol (“an alcohol”), from Ancient Greek ἰνός (inós, genitive singular of ἴς (ís, “sinew, tendon”)) + -ite. The correct English form is inositol, spelled I-N-O-S-I-T-O-L.
Definition
- 1A simple carbocyclic sugar (hexahydroxycyclohexane; chemical formula: C₆H₁₂O₆) which occurs in animal and plant tissue. Once treated as part of the vitamin B complex, but is not a vitamin as it can be synthesized by the body.
Etymology
From its former name inosite + -ol (“an alcohol”), from Ancient Greek ἰνός (inós, genitive singular of ἴς (ís, “sinew, tendon”)) + -ite.
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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- The one correct English spelling is I-N-O-S-I-T-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.