antineoplastic
/æntaɪni.əplæstɪk/
"antineoplastic" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“antineoplastic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inhibiting the development of tumours.
Corpus desk
Index EN-antineoplastic · antineoplastic · English
antineoplastic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antineoplastic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /æntaɪni.əplæstɪk/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “antineoplastic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
antineoplastic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /æntaɪni.əplæstɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inhibiting the development of tumours.".
Zero misspellings are on record for antineoplastic in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + neoplastic. The correct English form is antineoplastic, spelled A-N-T-I-N-E-O-P-L-A-S-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Inhibiting the development of tumours.
Etymology
From anti- + neoplastic.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.