anticholinergic
"anticholinergic" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anticholinergic” is uncommon English (frequency #94,524 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,524
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That inhibits the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anticholinergic · anticholinergic · English
anticholinergic · rank #94,524 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,524
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Anning
Nearest frequency peer: Anning (-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 “anticholinergic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- amphibia
amphibia
5,487 corpus weight
- analogical
analogical
5,486 corpus weight
- Anning
Anning
5,478 corpus weight
- anticholine…
anticholinergic
5,477 corpus weight
- artha
artha
5,469 corpus weight
- artificiali…
artificiality
5,468 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “anticholinergic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anticholinergic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #94,524 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anticholinergic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anticholinergic is uncommon English at frequency #94,524 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "That inhibits the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site.".
Zero misspellings are on record for anticholinergic in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + cholinergic. The correct English form is anticholinergic, spelled A-N-T-I-C-H-O-L-I-N-E-R-G-I-C.
Definition
- 1That inhibits the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site.
Etymology
From anti- + cholinergic.
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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