anticonvulsant
/ˌæn.tɪ.kənˈvʌl.sənt/
"anticonvulsant" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anticonvulsant” is uncommon English (frequency #83,971 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,971
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anticonvulsant · anticonvulsant · English
anticonvulsant · rank #83,971 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,971
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH angostura
Nearest frequency peer: angostura (-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 “anticonvulsant”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- analogously
analogously
16,035 corpus weight
- Ananya
Ananya
16,034 corpus weight
- angostura
angostura
16,032 corpus weight
- anticonvuls…
anticonvulsant
16,030 corpus weight
- Apennines
Apennines
16,028 corpus weight
- arbutus
arbutus
16,026 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “anticonvulsant” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anticonvulsant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌæn.tɪ.kənˈvʌl.sənt/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #83,971 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anticonvulsant” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anticonvulsant is uncommon English at frequency #83,971 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌæn.tɪ.kənˈvʌl.sənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for anticonvulsant, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + convulsant. The correct English form is anticonvulsant, spelled A-N-T-I-C-O-N-V-U-L-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1An agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions.
Etymology
From anti- + convulsant.
Synonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).