dopaminergic
/ˌdow.pəmɪˈnɜː(ɹ)dʒɪk/
"dopaminergic" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dopaminergic” is an uncommon English word, ranked #64,328 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #64,328
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Containing, involving, or transmitting dopamine; involving dopamine receptor agonism.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dopaminergic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌdow.pəmɪˈnɜː(ɹ)dʒɪk/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #64,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dopaminergic” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for dopaminergic is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌdow.pəmɪˈnɜː(ɹ)dʒɪk/. Corpus data places it at rank #64,328 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Containing, involving, or transmitting dopamine; involving dopamine receptor agonism.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dopaminergic in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dopamine + -ergic. The correct English form is dopaminergic, spelled D-O-P-A-M-I-N-E-R-G-I-C.
Definition
- 1Containing, involving, or transmitting dopamine; involving dopamine receptor agonism.
Etymology
From dopamine + -ergic.
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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- The one correct English spelling is D-O-P-A-M-I-N-E-R-G-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.