carbamazepine
/ˌkɑː.bəˈmeɪ.zɪ.piːn/
"carbamazepine" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“carbamazepine” is uncommon English (frequency #93,520 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,520
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A synthetic compound of the benzodiazepine class, used as an anticonvulsant and analgesic drug.
Corpus desk
Index EN-carbamazepine · carbamazepine · English
carbamazepine · rank #93,520 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,520
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Canyonlands
Nearest frequency peer: Canyonlands (-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 “carbamazepine”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cannabidiol
cannabidiol
6,483 corpus weight
- Canyonlands
Canyonlands
6,482 corpus weight
- carbamazepi…
carbamazepine
6,481 corpus weight
- cassowary
cassowary
6,479 corpus weight
- castanets
castanets
6,478 corpus weight
- cattell
cattell
6,476 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “carbamazepine” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carbamazepine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkɑː.bəˈmeɪ.zɪ.piːn/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #93,520 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “carbamazepine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
carbamazepine is uncommon English at frequency #93,520 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌkɑː.bəˈmeɪ.zɪ.piːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A synthetic compound of the benzodiazepine class, used as an anticonvulsant and analgesic drug.".
Zero misspellings are on record for carbamazepine in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of carbamoyl + benzazepine. The correct English form is carbamazepine, spelled C-A-R-B-A-M-A-Z-E-P-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A synthetic compound of the benzodiazepine class, used as an anticonvulsant and analgesic drug.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how carbamazepine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Since α-carbamazepine is a monotrope of γ-carbamazepine, and γ-carbamazepine is an enantiotrope of β-carbamazepine, the physical stability hierarchy depends on the transition temperature of β- and γ-carbamazepine.
Etymology
Blend of carbamoyl + benzazepine.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).