clopidogrel
/klə(ʊ)ˈpɪd.əɡ.ɹɛl/
"clopidogrel" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clopidogrel” is uncommon English (frequency #96,867 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,867
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease, having the chemical formula C₁₆H₁₆ClNO₂S
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clopidogrel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /klə(ʊ)ˈpɪd.əɡ.ɹɛl/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #96,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clopidogrel” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
clopidogrel is uncommon English at frequency #96,867 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /klə(ʊ)ˈpɪd.əɡ.ɹɛl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease, having the chemical formula C₁₆H₁₆ClNO₂S".
clopidogrel has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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: Probably from chlo(ro)- + p(yr)id(ine) + -o- + -grel (“platelet aggregation inhibitor”). The correct English form is clopidogrel, spelled C-L-O-P-I-D-O-G-R-E-L.
Definition
- 1An oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease, having the chemical formula C₁₆H₁₆ClNO₂S
Etymology
Probably from chlo(ro)- + p(yr)id(ine) + -o- + -grel (“platelet aggregation inhibitor”).
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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- The one correct English spelling is C-L-O-P-I-D-O-G-R-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.