pomace
/ˈpʌmɪs/
"pomace" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pomace” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pomace |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpʌmɪs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pomace” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for pomace is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpʌmɪs/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for pomace in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: [Alt: Red grape flesh and seeds] From Late Middle English pomis, pomys (“cider; pulp of plants pressed to extract their juice or oil”), probably from Medieval Latin pōmācium, pōmātium (“cider”), possibly a variant of pomaceum (although first attested later)… The correct English form is pomace, spelled P-O-M-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1The pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil.
- 2The pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil.
- 3The pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil.
- 4Synonym of pulp (“a soft, moist mass formed by mashing something”).
- 5Sheep offal.
Etymology
[Alt: Red grape flesh and seeds] From Late Middle English pomis, pomys (“cider; pulp of plants pressed to extract their juice or oil”), probably from Medieval Latin pōmācium, pōmātium (“cider”), possibly a variant of pomaceum (although first attested later), from Latin pōmum (“fruit; fruit tree”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away; off”) + *h₁em- (“to take”), in the sense of something taken off a tree) + -āceum (neuter form of -āceus (suffix meaning ‘belonging to; having the nature of’, forming adjectives)). Doublet of pomade, pomate, and pomatum. Sense 1.1 (“crushed apples”) and sense 1.2 (“residue from grapes”) were possibly influenced by Middle French pommage (“(cidermaking) apple harvest; apple orchards”) and French poma, pomas, pomat (“residue from apples”) (Northern France).
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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.
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Using “pomace”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-O-M-A-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.