clindamycin
/ˌklɪn.dəˈmaɪ.sn̩/
"clindamycin" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clindamycin” is uncommon English (frequency #81,226 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,226
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A lincosamide antibiotic drug C₁₈H₃₃ClN₂O₅S, mostly used to treat infections with anaerobic bacteria.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clindamycin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌklɪn.dəˈmaɪ.sn̩/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #81,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clindamycin” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
clindamycin is uncommon English at frequency #81,226 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌklɪn.dəˈmaɪ.sn̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A lincosamide antibiotic drug C₁₈H₃₃ClN₂O₅S, mostly used to treat infections with anaerobic bacteria.".
clindamycin has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From chl(or)-[Term?] + lin(co)mycin. The correct English form is clindamycin, spelled C-L-I-N-D-A-M-Y-C-I-N.
Definition
- 1A lincosamide antibiotic drug C₁₈H₃₃ClN₂O₅S, mostly used to treat infections with anaerobic bacteria.
Etymology
From chl(or)-[Term?] + lin(co)mycin.
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 “clindamycin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-L-I-N-D-A-M-Y-C-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌklɪn.dəˈmaɪ.sn̩/ (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.