AZT
"azt" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“AZT” is uncommon English (frequency #78,382 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,382
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abbreviation of azidothymidine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-azt · AZT · English
AZT · rank #78,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,382
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Avebury
Nearest frequency peer: Avebury (-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 “AZT”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- authenticat…
authenticator
21,623 corpus weight
- autocar
autocar
21,621 corpus weight
- Avebury
Avebury
21,620 corpus weight
- AZT
AZT
21,619 corpus weight
- baas
baas
21,618 corpus weight
- babby
babby
21,617 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “AZT” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “AZT” in English
Rare enough to double-check
AZT is uncommon English at frequency #78,382 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how AZT appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
AZT, the only AIDS treatment fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is extremely toxic, and many people with AIDS cannot cake it or must discontinue taking it after some period of time.
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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