clonidine
/ˈklɒn.ɪd.iːn/
"clonidine" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clonidine” is uncommon English (frequency #86,152 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,152
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A drug that acts as an α₂-adrenoreceptor agonist, used in the treatment of hypertension, opiate withdrawal, and a variety of other conditions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-clonidine · clonidine · English
clonidine · rank #86,152 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,152
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH CNO
Nearest frequency peer: CNO (+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 “clonidine”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cleon
Cleon
13,853 corpus weight
- clonidine
clonidine
13,849 corpus weight
- CNO
CNO
13,848 corpus weight
- Colgan
Colgan
13,846 corpus weight
- comix
comix
13,844 corpus weight
- commandeeri…
commandeering
13,843 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “clonidine” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clonidine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈklɒn.ɪd.iːn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #86,152 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “clonidine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
clonidine is uncommon English at frequency #86,152 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈklɒn.ɪd.iːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A drug that acts as an α₂-adrenoreceptor agonist, used in the treatment of hypertension, opiate withdrawal, and a variety of other conditions.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for clonidine, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From chlo(ro)- + -(gua)nidine. The correct English form is clonidine, spelled C-L-O-N-I-D-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A drug that acts as an α₂-adrenoreceptor agonist, used in the treatment of hypertension, opiate withdrawal, and a variety of other conditions.
Etymology
From chlo(ro)- + -(gua)nidine.
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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