amiodarone
/əˈmi.əd.əˌɹoʊn/
"amiodarone" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amiodarone” is uncommon English (frequency #92,334 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,334
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an antiarrhythmic drug administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₅H₂₉I₂NO₃·HCl and used to treat life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia
Corpus desk
Index EN-amiodarone · amiodarone · English
amiodarone · rank #92,334 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,334
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH amiably
Nearest frequency peer: amiably (-2 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 “amiodarone”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- allusive
allusive
7,673 corpus weight
- ambassadors…
ambassadorship
7,670 corpus weight
- amiably
amiably
7,669 corpus weight
- amiodarone
amiodarone
7,667 corpus weight
- anarchistic
anarchistic
7,665 corpus weight
- antiterrori…
antiterrorism
7,662 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “amiodarone” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amiodarone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈmi.əd.əˌɹoʊn/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #92,334 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “amiodarone” in English
Rare enough to double-check
amiodarone is uncommon English at frequency #92,334 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈmi.əd.əˌɹoʊn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "an antiarrhythmic drug administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₅H₂₉I₂NO₃·HCl and used to treat life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia".
Zero misspellings are on record for amiodarone in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ami(no)- + iod- + (coum)arone (“benzofuran”). The correct English form is amiodarone, spelled A-M-I-O-D-A-R-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1an antiarrhythmic drug administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₅H₂₉I₂NO₃·HCl and used to treat life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia
Etymology
From ami(no)- + iod- + (coum)arone (“benzofuran”).
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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