AZT
"azt" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“AZT” is an uncommon English word, ranked #78,382 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #78,382
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abbreviation of azidothymidine.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | AZT |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #78,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “AZT” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for AZT is 3 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #78,382 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Abbreviation of azidothymidine.".
Zero misspellings are on record for AZT in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is AZT, spelled A-Z-T.
Definition
- 1Abbreviation of azidothymidine.
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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Using “AZT”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-Z-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.