saccharin
/ˈsækəɹɪn/
"saccharin" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“saccharin” is uncommon English (frequency #90,923 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,923
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saccharin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsækəɹɪn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “saccharin” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
saccharin is uncommon English at frequency #90,923 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsækəɹɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for saccharin, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Pali sakkharābor. Ancient Greek σᾰ́κχᾰρ (sắkkhăr) Ancient Greek σάκχᾰρον (sákkhăron)der. Latin saccharon Latin saccharum Proto-Ger… The correct English form is saccharin, spelled S-A-C-C-H-A-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1A white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Pali sakkharābor. Ancient Greek σᾰ́κχᾰρ (sắkkhăr) Ancient Greek σάκχᾰρον (sákkhăron)der. Latin saccharon Latin saccharum Proto-Germanic *-inī Proto-West Germanic *-ini Old High German -in Middle High German -in German -in German Saccharinbor. English saccharin From German Saccharin, coined in 1879 by the Russian-born chemist Constantin Fahlberg (1850–1910) who discovered it, from Latin saccharon, saccharum + -in.
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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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Using “saccharin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-A-C-C-H-A-R-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsækəɹɪn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.