mitogen

noun

"mitogen" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mitogen” is uncommon English (frequency #95,149 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,149
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any substance that stimulates mitosis

Corpus desk

Index EN-mitogen · mitogen · English

mitogen · rank #95,149 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,149
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH mithril

Nearest frequency peer: mithril (-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 “mitogen”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “mitogen” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mitogen
PropertyValue
Headwordmitogen
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#95,149
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “mitogen” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).mitogenfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “mithril” (#95,148), “modder” (#95,150), “molluscan” (#95,151). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “mitogen” is #95,149. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mitogen is uncommon English at frequency #95,149 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any substance that stimulates mitosis".

No misspelling variants are generated for mitogen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From mitosis (“cell division”) + -gen (“a producer of something”). The correct English form is mitogen, spelled M-I-T-O-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any substance that stimulates mitosis

Etymology

From mitosis (“cell division”) + -gen (“a producer of something”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mitogen"?
"mitogen" is spelled M-I-T-O-G-E-N.
What does "mitogen" mean?
As a noun, "mitogen" means: Any substance that stimulates mitosis
What is the origin of the word "mitogen"?
From mitosis (“cell division”) + -gen (“a producer of something”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mitogen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list