micronutrient
"micronutrient" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“micronutrient” is uncommon English (frequency #81,576 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,576
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A mineral, vitamin or other substance that is essential, even in very small quantities, for growth or metabolism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-micronutrient · micronutrient · English
micronutrient · rank #81,576 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,576
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Midian
Nearest frequency peer: Midian (+2 rank slots)
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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 “micronutrient”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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18,425 corpus weight
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18,423 corpus weight
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What this shows Bars show where “micronutrient” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | micronutrient |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #81,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “micronutrient” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
micronutrient is uncommon English at frequency #81,576 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A mineral, vitamin or other substance that is essential, even in very small quantities, for growth or metabolism.".
micronutrient doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From micro- + nutrient. The correct English form is micronutrient, spelled M-I-C-R-O-N-U-T-R-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1A mineral, vitamin or other substance that is essential, even in very small quantities, for growth or metabolism.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how micronutrient appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Broccoli, on the other hand, is loaded with healthy micronutrients and is perfect in any meal, so keep it on your plate.
Etymology
From micro- + nutrient.
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.
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 September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.