corticosteroid
/ˈkʰoɹɾɪko.steːɹoid/
"corticosteroid" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“corticosteroid” is uncommon English (frequency #57,957 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,957
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of a group of steroid hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in a large range of physiological systems.
Corpus desk
Index EN-corticosteroid · corticosteroid · English
corticosteroid · rank #57,957 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,957
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH corrector
Nearest frequency peer: corrector (-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 “corticosteroid”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Corinna
Corinna
42,046 corpus weight
- corrector
corrector
42,045 corpus weight
- corticoster…
corticosteroid
42,044 corpus weight
- corvus
corvus
42,043 corpus weight
- counterparty
counterparty
42,041 corpus weight
- crier
crier
42,040 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “corticosteroid” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corticosteroid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkʰoɹɾɪko.steːɹoid/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #57,957 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “corticosteroid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
corticosteroid is uncommon English at frequency #57,957 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkʰoɹɾɪko.steːɹoid/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for corticosteroid in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cortico- + steroid. The correct English form is corticosteroid, spelled C-O-R-T-I-C-O-S-T-E-R-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1Any of a group of steroid hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in a large range of physiological systems.
- 2Any of several synthetic hormones of related structure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how corticosteroid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wúràọlá’s first patient was a man who had not noticed any significant improvement after a regimen of corticosteroids had been prescribed for his spondylosis.
Etymology
From cortico- + steroid.
Synonyms
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); 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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