sucralose
"sucralose" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sucralose” is uncommon English (frequency #89,957 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,957
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A selectively chlorinated sucrose, used as an artificial sweetener.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sucralose · sucralose · English
sucralose · rank #89,957 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,957
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH suddenness
Nearest frequency peer: suddenness (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “sucralose”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- suborder
suborder
10,048 corpus weight
- sucralose
sucralose
10,044 corpus weight
- suddenness
suddenness
10,043 corpus weight
- Summerland
Summerland
10,042 corpus weight
- sunbed
sunbed
10,041 corpus weight
- sunland
sunland
10,040 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sucralose” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sucralose |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #89,957 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sucralose” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sucralose is uncommon English at frequency #89,957 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A selectively chlorinated sucrose, used as an artificial sweetener.".
sucralose has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is sucralose, spelled S-U-C-R-A-L-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1A selectively chlorinated sucrose, used as an artificial sweetener.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sucralose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Some examples of the sweeteners include aspartame, saccharin, sucralose and stevia. The W.H.O.’s announcement contradicts previous studies that have said these sweeteners don’t offer any health benefits but also do not cause harm.
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); 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).