antihypertensive
"antihypertensive" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“antihypertensive” is uncommon English (frequency #80,191 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,191
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension.
Corpus desk
Index EN-antihypertensive · antihypertensive · English
antihypertensive · rank #80,191 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,191
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Ankit
Nearest frequency peer: Ankit (-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 “antihypertensive”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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angiogram
19,814 corpus weight
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animism
19,813 corpus weight
- Ankit
Ankit
19,811 corpus weight
- antihyperte…
antihypertensive
19,810 corpus weight
- AO3
AO3
19,807 corpus weight
- Apus
Apus
19,806 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “antihypertensive” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antihypertensive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #80,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “antihypertensive” in English
Rare enough to double-check
antihypertensive is uncommon English at frequency #80,191 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension.".
No misspelling variants are generated for antihypertensive in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + hypertensive or anti- + hypertension + -ive. The correct English form is antihypertensive, spelled A-N-T-I-H-Y-P-E-R-T-E-N-S-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1An agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension.
Etymology
From anti- + hypertensive or anti- + hypertension + -ive.
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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