amiodarone
/əˈmi.əd.əˌɹoʊn/
"amiodarone" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amiodarone” is an uncommon English word, ranked #92,334 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #92,334
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - an antiarrhythmic drug administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₅H₂₉I₂NO₃·HCl and used to treat life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia
| 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) |
Where “amiodarone” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for amiodarone is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈmi.əd.əˌɹoʊn/. Corpus data places it at rank #92,334 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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- The one correct English spelling is A-M-I-O-D-A-R-O-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.