Alexipharmakon
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The verdict
“Alexipharmakon” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mittel, das gegen unerwünschte Wirkungen einer Vergiftung eingesetzt werden kann
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Index DE-alexipharmakon · Alexipharmakon · German
Alexipharmakon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alexipharmakon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Alexipharmakon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Alexipharmakon is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mittel, das gegen unerwünschte Wirkungen einer Vergiftung eingesetzt werden kann".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Alexipharmakon, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Alexipharmakon, spelled A-L-E-X-I-P-H-A-R-M-A-K-O-N.
Definition
- 1Mittel, das gegen unerwünschte Wirkungen einer Vergiftung eingesetzt werden kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Alexipharmakon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nikandros von Kolophon (um 100 v. Chr.) schrieb in Hexametern über mit dem Mund aufgenommene Gifte pflanzlicher, tierischer und mineralischer Herkunft sowie über daraus enstehende Krankheitsbilder und auch Gegenmittel, die Alexipharmaka.
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.