cyclophosphamide
/ˌsʌɪ.kləʊˈfɒs.fə.mʌɪd/
"cyclophosphamide" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cyclophosphamide” is uncommon English (frequency #86,188 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,188
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An immunosuppressive, antineoplastic drug used in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other forms of cancer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cyclophosphamide · cyclophosphamide · English
cyclophosphamide · rank #86,188 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,188
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH crèche
Nearest frequency peer: crèche (-6 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 “cyclophosphamide”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Critchley
Critchley
13,822 corpus weight
- crosscountry
crosscountry
13,820 corpus weight
- crèche
crèche
13,819 corpus weight
- cyclophosph…
cyclophosphamide
13,813 corpus weight
- debasement
debasement
13,807 corpus weight
- Decameron
Decameron
13,806 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cyclophosphamide” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cyclophosphamide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌsʌɪ.kləʊˈfɒs.fə.mʌɪd/ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #86,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cyclophosphamide” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cyclophosphamide is uncommon English at frequency #86,188 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌsʌɪ.kləʊˈfɒs.fə.mʌɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An immunosuppressive, antineoplastic drug used in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other forms of cancer.".
cyclophosphamide doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cyclo- + phosphamide. The correct English form is cyclophosphamide, spelled C-Y-C-L-O-P-H-O-S-P-H-A-M-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1An immunosuppressive, antineoplastic drug used in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other forms of cancer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cyclophosphamide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The patient was treated with methylprednisolone, cyclophosphamide, and azathioprine, as well as burn center protocol care with daily tankings.
Etymology
From cyclo- + phosphamide.
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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