astringent
/əˈstɹɪn.d͡ʒənt/
"astringent" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“astringent” is uncommon English (frequency #52,156 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,156
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.
Corpus desk
Index EN-astringent · astringent · English
astringent · rank #52,156 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,156
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Atalanta
Nearest frequency peer: Atalanta (+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 “astringent”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- aquamarine
aquamarine
47,849 corpus weight
- Arbroath
Arbroath
47,847 corpus weight
- astringent
astringent
47,845 corpus weight
- Atalanta
Atalanta
47,844 corpus weight
- athenaeum
athenaeum
47,843 corpus weight
- atropine
atropine
47,842 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “astringent” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | astringent |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈstɹɪn.d͡ʒənt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #52,156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “astringent” in English
Rare enough to double-check
astringent is uncommon English at frequency #52,156 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈstɹɪn.d͡ʒənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for astringent in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin adstringere (“to bind fast”), from ad (“toward”) + stringere (“bind, pull tight”). Compare stringent. The correct English form is astringent, spelled A-S-T-R-I-N-G-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.
Etymology
From Latin adstringere (“to bind fast”), from ad (“toward”) + stringere (“bind, pull tight”). Compare stringent.
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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