contraindication
/ˌkɒntɹə.ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/
"contraindication" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“contraindication” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A factor or symptom which makes a certain treatment inadvisable, generally or individually.
Corpus desk
Index EN-contraindication · contraindication · English
contraindication · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | contraindication |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkɒntɹə.ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “contraindication” in English
Rare enough to double-check
contraindication is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌkɒntɹə.ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A factor or symptom which makes a certain treatment inadvisable, generally or individually.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for contraindication, 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 contra- + indication. The correct English form is contraindication, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-I-N-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A factor or symptom which makes a certain treatment inadvisable, generally or individually.
Etymology
From contra- + indication.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.