monosaccharide

noun

"monosaccharide" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“monosaccharide” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A simple sugar that has a single ring, such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose.

Corpus desk

Index EN-monosaccharide · monosaccharide · English

monosaccharide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for monosaccharide
PropertyValue
Headwordmonosaccharide
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “monosaccharide” in English

monosaccharidesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

monosaccharide is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A simple sugar that has a single ring, such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for monosaccharide, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From mono- + saccharide. The correct English form is monosaccharide, spelled M-O-N-O-S-A-C-C-H-A-R-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A simple sugar that has a single ring, such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose.

Etymology

From mono- + saccharide.

Synonyms

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "monosaccharide"?
"monosaccharide" is spelled M-O-N-O-S-A-C-C-H-A-R-I-D-E.
What does "monosaccharide" mean?
As a noun, "monosaccharide" means: A simple sugar that has a single ring, such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose.
What is the origin of the word "monosaccharide"?
From mono- + saccharide. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list