monosaccharide
"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
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | monosaccharide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “monosaccharide” in English
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
- 1A 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.