mutagenesis
"mutagenesis" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mutagenesis” is uncommon English (frequency #63,821 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,821
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The creation or formation of a genetic mutation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mutagenesis · mutagenesis · English
mutagenesis · rank #63,821 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,821
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Muskogee
Nearest frequency peer: Muskogee (-1 rank slots)
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Long-tail ranks near “mutagenesis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- mouthpieces
mouthpieces
36,187 corpus weight
- MRE
MRE
36,186 corpus weight
- mudstone
mudstone
36,185 corpus weight
- multifuncti…
multifunction
36,182 corpus weight
- Muskogee
Muskogee
36,181 corpus weight
- mutagenesis
mutagenesis
36,180 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mutagenesis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mutagenesis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #63,821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mutagenesis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mutagenesis is uncommon English at frequency #63,821 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The creation or formation of a genetic mutation.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mutagenesis, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From muta- + genesis. The correct English form is mutagenesis, spelled M-U-T-A-G-E-N-E-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1The creation or formation of a genetic mutation.
Etymology
From muta- + genesis.
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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