amitriptyline
/æmɪˈtɹɪptɪliːn/
"amitriptyline" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amitriptyline” is uncommon English (frequency #86,008 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,008
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An antidepressant drug; a tablet containing this drug.
Corpus desk
Index EN-amitriptyline · amitriptyline · English
amitriptyline · rank #86,008 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,008
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Amhara
Nearest frequency peer: Amhara (-1 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 “amitriptyline”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Amartya
Amartya
13,997 corpus weight
- Amhara
Amhara
13,994 corpus weight
- amitriptyli…
amitriptyline
13,993 corpus weight
- amparo
amparo
13,992 corpus weight
- aniseed
aniseed
13,990 corpus weight
- antediluvian
antediluvian
13,988 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “amitriptyline” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amitriptyline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /æmɪˈtɹɪptɪliːn/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #86,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “amitriptyline” in English
Rare enough to double-check
amitriptyline is uncommon English at frequency #86,008 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /æmɪˈtɹɪptɪliːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An antidepressant drug; a tablet containing this drug.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for amitriptyline in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ami(no-) + tri- + (he)ptyl + -ine. The correct English form is amitriptyline, spelled A-M-I-T-R-I-P-T-Y-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1An antidepressant drug; a tablet containing this drug.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how amitriptyline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
‘They were in very low concentrations, only fifteen per cent of the total. The remaining eighty-five per cent was made up of a powerful tranquillizer, amitryptiline.’
Etymology
From ami(no-) + tri- + (he)ptyl + -ine.
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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