digoxin
/dɪˈdʒɒk.sɪn/
"digoxin" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“digoxin” is uncommon English (frequency #68,150 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,150
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A poisonous compound present in the foxglove (Digitalis lanata) and other plants. It is a steroid glycoside and is used in small doses as a cardiac stimulant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-digoxin · digoxin · English
digoxin · rank #68,150 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,150
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,416
- PHOTO-FINISH digitize
Nearest frequency peer: digitize (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “digoxin”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dexterous
dexterous
31,855 corpus weight
- digitize
digitize
31,852 corpus weight
- digoxin
digoxin
31,851 corpus weight
- dilettante
dilettante
31,850 corpus weight
- disenfranch…
disenfranchise
31,849 corpus weight
- disinclined
disinclined
31,847 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “digoxin” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | digoxin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪˈdʒɒk.sɪn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “digoxin” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
digoxin is uncommon English at frequency #68,150 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɪˈdʒɒk.sɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A poisonous compound present in the foxglove (Digitalis lanata) and other plants. It is a steroid glycoside and is used in small doses as a cardiac stimulant.".
No misspelling variants are generated for digoxin in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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: 1930s, contracted from digitoxin, from Digitalis lanata + toxin. The correct English form is digoxin, spelled D-I-G-O-X-I-N.
Definition
- 1A poisonous compound present in the foxglove (Digitalis lanata) and other plants. It is a steroid glycoside and is used in small doses as a cardiac stimulant.
Etymology
1930s, contracted from digitoxin, from Digitalis lanata + toxin.
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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.