ammoniac
"ammoniac" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ammoniac” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or relating to ammonia, or possessing its properties.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ammoniac · ammoniac · English
ammoniac · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ammoniac |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ammoniac” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ammoniac is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or relating to ammonia, or possessing its properties.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ammoniac, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English ammoniak, from Medieval Latin ammōniacum. The correct English form is ammoniac, spelled A-M-M-O-N-I-A-C.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to ammonia, or possessing its properties.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ammoniac appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas
Etymology
From Middle English ammoniak, from Medieval Latin ammōniacum.
This word in other languages
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.