gluten

/[ˈglut̪ẽn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,381

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

gluten is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pegamento pastoso. Pronounced [ˈglut̪ẽn]. Often confused with gusten and griten.

Key facts for gluten
PropertyValue
Headwordgluten
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈglut̪ẽn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,381
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gluten in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gluten is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈglut̪ẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,381 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for gluten, with forms such as "ggluten", "glluten", and "gltuen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "gusten", "griten", "glúteos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is gluten, spelled G-L-U-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pegamento pastoso.
  2. 2
    Proteína, compuesta de una glutelina y una prolamina, insoluble en agua, que junto con el almidón conforma la mayor parte del contenido de las semillas de los cereales. Es capaz de formar redes muy elásticas, por lo que desempeña un papel esencial en la elaboración de masas gastronómicas.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggluten,glluten,gltuen,gluetn,glutenn,glutne,glutten,gulten,lguten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gluten

Misspelling Variants of "gluten"

ggluten7glluten7gltuen6gluetn6glutenn7glutne6glutten7gulten6
Misspelling Variants of "gluten"

Frequency rank: #22,381 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gluten"?
"gluten" is spelled G-L-U-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈglut̪ẽn].
What does "gluten" mean?
As a noun, "gluten" means: Pegamento pastoso.
What words are commonly confused with "gluten"?
"gluten" is commonly confused with "gusten", "griten", "glúteos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gluten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gluten" is [ˈglut̪ẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gluten" come from?
"gluten" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.