ampoule
/ˈæm.puːl/
"ampoule" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ampoule” is uncommon English (frequency #90,132 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,132
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ampoule · ampoule · English
ampoule · rank #90,132 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,132
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH amazeballs
Nearest frequency peer: amazeballs (-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 “ampoule”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- almas
almas
9,875 corpus weight
- amateurism
amateurism
9,872 corpus weight
- amazeballs
amazeballs
9,871 corpus weight
- ampoule
ampoule
9,869 corpus weight
- anesthetist
anesthetist
9,867 corpus weight
- Anglin
Anglin
9,865 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ampoule” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ampoule |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæm.puːl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ampoule” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ampoule is uncommon English at frequency #90,132 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæm.puːl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ampoule, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French ampoule. Etymologically equivalent to amphora + -ule/-le. The correct English form is ampoule, spelled A-M-P-O-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.
Etymology
Borrowed from French ampoule. Etymologically equivalent to amphora + -ule/-le.
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); 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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