mannitol
"mannitol" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mannitol” is uncommon English (frequency #77,897 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,897
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A polyhydric alcohol, an isomer of sorbitol, found in nature and also manufactured for use in various applications (for example, as an artificial sweetener and as a medication for various indicatio...
Corpus desk
Index EN-mannitol · mannitol · English
mannitol · rank #77,897 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,897
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH manju
Nearest frequency peer: manju (-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 “mannitol”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Maldivian
Maldivian
22,108 corpus weight
- Manbij
Manbij
22,107 corpus weight
- Mandurah
Mandurah
22,106 corpus weight
- manju
manju
22,105 corpus weight
- mannitol
mannitol
22,104 corpus weight
- marceline
marceline
22,101 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mannitol” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mannitol |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,897 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mannitol” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mannitol is uncommon English at frequency #77,897 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A polyhydric alcohol, an isomer of sorbitol, found in nature and also manufactured for use in various applications (for example, as an artificial sweetener and as a medication for various indicatio...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mannitol in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From earlier mannite (from manna + -ite) + -ol. By surface analysis, mann(ose) + -itol. The correct English form is mannitol, spelled M-A-N-N-I-T-O-L.
Definition
- 1A polyhydric alcohol, an isomer of sorbitol, found in nature and also manufactured for use in various applications (for example, as an artificial sweetener and as a medication for various indications).
Etymology
From earlier mannite (from manna + -ite) + -ol. By surface analysis, mann(ose) + -itol.
Synonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).