maltose
/ˈmɔːltəʊz/
"maltose" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“maltose” is uncommon English (frequency #89,592 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,592
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A disaccharide, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalose
Corpus desk
Index EN-maltose · maltose · English
maltose · rank #89,592 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,592
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH malling
Nearest frequency peer: malling (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “maltose”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- malcontent
malcontent
10,412 corpus weight
- Malka
Malka
10,411 corpus weight
- malling
malling
10,410 corpus weight
- maltose
maltose
10,409 corpus weight
- malum
malum
10,408 corpus weight
- Manado
Manado
10,407 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “maltose” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maltose |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɔːltəʊz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,592 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “maltose” in English
Rare enough to double-check
maltose is uncommon English at frequency #89,592 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɔːltəʊz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A disaccharide, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalose".
No generated misspelling entries exist for maltose in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From malt + -ose. The correct English form is maltose, spelled M-A-L-T-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1A disaccharide, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalose
Etymology
From malt + -ose.
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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