complementary medicine
/ˌkɒm.pləˌmɛn.t(ə)ɹiː ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/
"complementary-medicine" is a 21-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“complementary medicine” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of several therapies that complement (augment) scientific medical practices with those of alternative medicine such as acupuncture or homeopathy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-complementary-medicine · complementary medicine · English
complementary medicine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | complementary medicine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkɒm.pləˌmɛn.t(ə)ɹiː ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “complementary medicine” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
complementary medicine is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌkɒm.pləˌmɛn.t(ə)ɹiː ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of several therapies that complement (augment) scientific medical practices with those of alternative medicine such as acupuncture or homeopathy.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for complementary medicine, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is complementary medicine, spelled C-O-M-P-L-E-M-E-N-T-A-R-Y- -M-E-D-I-C-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Any of several therapies that complement (augment) scientific medical practices with those of alternative medicine such as acupuncture or homeopathy.
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