dronabinol
/dɹoʊˈnæb.ɪˌnɔl/
"dronabinol" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dronabinol” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A synthetic delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol that is used to control nausea caused by chemotherapy and to stimulate appetite in cases of AIDS-induced anorexia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dronabinol · dronabinol · English
dronabinol · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dronabinol |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɹoʊˈnæb.ɪˌnɔl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dronabinol” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dronabinol is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɹoʊˈnæb.ɪˌnɔl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A synthetic delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol that is used to control nausea caused by chemotherapy and to stimulate appetite in cases of AIDS-induced anorexia.".
No misspelling variants are generated for dronabinol in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Contraction of tetrahydrocannabinol. The correct English form is dronabinol, spelled D-R-O-N-A-B-I-N-O-L.
Definition
- 1A synthetic delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol that is used to control nausea caused by chemotherapy and to stimulate appetite in cases of AIDS-induced anorexia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dronabinol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The others, dronabinol (Marinol, Syndros) and nabilone (Cesamet), are pills used to curb nausea in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and to stimulate appetite in AIDS patients with wasting syndrome.
Etymology
Contraction of tetrahydrocannabinol.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.