baclofen
/bæˈkloʊ.fɪn/
"baclofen" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“baclofen” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A particular drug used to control spasms. It is a derivative of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). It is primarily used to treat spasticity and is in the early stages of use for the treatment of alcoh...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | baclofen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bæˈkloʊ.fɪn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “baclofen” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
baclofen is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /bæˈkloʊ.fɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A particular drug used to control spasms. It is a derivative of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). It is primarily used to treat spasticity and is in the early stages of use for the treatment of alcoh...".
No misspelling variants are generated for baclofen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is baclofen, spelled B-A-C-L-O-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1A particular drug used to control spasms. It is a derivative of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). It is primarily used to treat spasticity and is in the early stages of use for the treatment of alcoholism.
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.
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Using “baclofen”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-A-C-L-O-F-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bæˈkloʊ.fɪn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.