doxorubicin
/ˌdɒk.səʊˈɹuː.bɪs.ɪn/
"doxorubicin" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“doxorubicin” is an uncommon English word, ranked #80,399 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #80,399
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An anthracycline antibiotic drug (trademark Adriamycin) with broad antineoplastic activity that is obtained from a bacterium (Streptomyces peucetius subsp. caesius) and is administered in the form ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doxorubicin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌdɒk.səʊˈɹuː.bɪs.ɪn/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #80,399 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “doxorubicin” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for doxorubicin is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌdɒk.səʊˈɹuː.bɪs.ɪn/. Corpus data places it at rank #80,399 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An anthracycline antibiotic drug (trademark Adriamycin) with broad antineoplastic activity that is obtained from a bacterium (Streptomyces peucetius subsp. caesius) and is administered in the form ...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for doxorubicin, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From d(e)ox(y)- + -o- + -rubicin (“daunorubicin derivative”). The correct English form is doxorubicin, spelled D-O-X-O-R-U-B-I-C-I-N.
Definition
- 1An anthracycline antibiotic drug (trademark Adriamycin) with broad antineoplastic activity that is obtained from a bacterium (Streptomyces peucetius subsp. caesius) and is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₇H₂₉NO₁₁·HCl in chemotherapy.
Etymology
From d(e)ox(y)- + -o- + -rubicin (“daunorubicin derivative”).
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-X-O-R-U-B-I-C-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.