anticoagulant

noun

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"anticoagulant" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“anticoagulant” is uncommon English (frequency #57,856 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,856
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A substance that prevents coagulation (stops blood from clotting); especially, any of a group of pharmaceutical drugs that reduce the clotting speed or affinity of the blood by any of several mecha...

Corpus desk

Index EN-anticoagulant · anticoagulant · English

anticoagulant · rank #57,856 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,856
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH anecdotally

Nearest frequency peer: anecdotally (-1 rank slots)

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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 “anticoagulant”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “anticoagulant” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anticoagulant
PropertyValue
Headwordanticoagulant
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#57,856
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “anticoagulant” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).anticoagulantfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “anecdotally” (#57,855), “Antonov” (#57,858), “apprehending” (#57,860). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “anticoagulant” is #57,856. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anticoagulant is uncommon English at frequency #57,856 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A substance that prevents coagulation (stops blood from clotting); especially, any of a group of pharmaceutical drugs that reduce the clotting speed or affinity of the blood by any of several mecha...".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for anticoagulant, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + coagulant. The correct English form is anticoagulant, spelled A-N-T-I-C-O-A-G-U-L-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A substance that prevents coagulation (stops blood from clotting); especially, any of a group of pharmaceutical drugs that reduce the clotting speed or affinity of the blood by any of several mechanisms (e.g., inhibiting platelet function, inhibiting clotting factor (protein) production or function, increasing antithrombin function).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how anticoagulant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In the case of pathological hypercoagulative conditions such as thrombosis and embolism, 4-hydroxycoumarin based oral anticoagulants, including warfarin as a well-known example, are administered to block the enzymatic function of VKORC1, effectively diminishing turnover of the vitamin K cycle.

Etymology

From anti- + coagulant.

This word in other languages

anticoagulante(Español)anticoagulant(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anticoagulant"?
"anticoagulant" is spelled A-N-T-I-C-O-A-G-U-L-A-N-T.
What does "anticoagulant" mean?
As a noun, "anticoagulant" means: A substance that prevents coagulation (stops blood from clotting); especially, any of a group of pharmaceutical drugs that reduce the clotting speed or affinity of the blood by any of several mecha...
What is the origin of the word "anticoagulant"?
From anti- + coagulant. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anticoagulant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

underemployed#57,798uncircumcised#57,797transgendered#57,779schadenfreude#57,701

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list