clenbuterol
"clenbuterol" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clenbuterol” is uncommon English (frequency #95,830 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,830
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The decongestant and bronchodilator 1-(4-amino-3,5-dichlorophenyl)-2-(tert-butylamino)ethanol.
Corpus desk
Index EN-clenbuterol · clenbuterol · English
clenbuterol · rank #95,830 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,830
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH clinger
Nearest frequency peer: clinger (+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 “clenbuterol”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cinematogra…
cinematograph
4,175 corpus weight
- clenbuterol
clenbuterol
4,171 corpus weight
- clinger
clinger
4,170 corpus weight
- clownish
clownish
4,169 corpus weight
- clozapine
clozapine
4,168 corpus weight
- clunker
clunker
4,167 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “clenbuterol” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clenbuterol |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #95,830 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “clenbuterol” in English
Rare enough to double-check
clenbuterol is uncommon English at frequency #95,830 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The decongestant and bronchodilator 1-(4-amino-3,5-dichlorophenyl)-2-(tert-butylamino)ethanol.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for clenbuterol, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From (di)chl(oroph)en(yl) + -buterol (“phenethylamine derivative”). The correct English form is clenbuterol, spelled C-L-E-N-B-U-T-E-R-O-L.
Definition
- 1The decongestant and bronchodilator 1-(4-amino-3,5-dichlorophenyl)-2-(tert-butylamino)ethanol.
Etymology
From (di)chl(oroph)en(yl) + -buterol (“phenethylamine derivative”).
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).