anticancer
"anticancer" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anticancer” is uncommon English (frequency #56,583 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,583
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That is used to treat cancer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anticancer · anticancer · English
anticancer · rank #56,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,583
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH annexes
Nearest frequency peer: annexes (-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 “anticancer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- amide
amide
43,423 corpus weight
- Amjad
Amjad
43,422 corpus weight
- annexes
annexes
43,419 corpus weight
- anticancer
anticancer
43,418 corpus weight
- Aqaba
Aqaba
43,416 corpus weight
- ardently
ardently
43,414 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “anticancer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anticancer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anticancer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anticancer is uncommon English at frequency #56,583 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "That is used to treat cancer.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for anticancer in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + cancer. The correct English form is anticancer, spelled A-N-T-I-C-A-N-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1That is used to treat cancer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anticancer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mitomycin C is an anticancer drug, and may be administered as part of chemotherapy.
Etymology
From anti- + cancer.
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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