acetylcholine
/əˌsitəlˈkoʊlin/
"acetylcholine" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“acetylcholine” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,887. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,887
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline with chemical formula CH₃COOCH₂CH₂N⁺(CH₃)₃.
Corpus desk
Index EN-acetylcholine · acetylcholine · English
acetylcholine · rank #46,887 · 20 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,887
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,202
- PHOTO-FINISH Aachen
Nearest frequency peer: Aachen (-3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “acetylcholine”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Aachen
Aachen
53,117 corpus weight
- acetylcholi…
acetylcholine
53,114 corpus weight
- adherent
adherent
53,111 corpus weight
- adulation
adulation
53,110 corpus weight
- aforesaid
aforesaid
53,108 corpus weight
- Afridi
Afridi
53,107 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “acetylcholine” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acetylcholine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˌsitəlˈkoʊlin/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #46,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acetylcholine” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around acetylcholine (IPA /əˌsitəlˈkoʊlin/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,887 among 35,202 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline with chemical formula CH₃COOCH₂CH₂N⁺(CH₃)₃.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for acetylcholine, with forms such as "accetylcholine", "acetlycholine", and "acettylcholine". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is acetylcholine, spelled A-C-E-T-Y-L-C-H-O-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline with chemical formula CH₃COOCH₂CH₂N⁺(CH₃)₃.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- accetylcholine
- acetlycholine
- acettylcholine
- acetyclholine
- acetylccholine
- acetylchholine
- acetylchloine
- acetylchoilne
- acetylcholien
- acetylcholinne
- acetylcholline
- acetylcholnie
- acetylcohline
- acetylhcoline
- acetyllcholine
- acetyylcholine
- aceytlcholine
- acteylcholine
- aectylcholine
- caetylcholine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acetylcholine - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "acetylcholine", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).
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.