electroshock
"electroshock" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“electroshock” is uncommon English (frequency #67,399 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,399
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - electric shock.
Corpus desk
Index EN-electroshock · electroshock · English
electroshock · rank #67,399 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,399
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Elem
Nearest frequency peer: Elem (+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 “electroshock”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Edwardsville
Edwardsville
32,607 corpus weight
- EET
EET
32,605 corpus weight
- electroshock
electroshock
32,602 corpus weight
- Elem
Elem
32,601 corpus weight
- elopement
elopement
32,599 corpus weight
- elucidation
elucidation
32,598 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “electroshock” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | electroshock |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #67,399 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “electroshock” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
electroshock is uncommon English at frequency #67,399 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for electroshock, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From electro- + shock. The correct English form is electroshock, spelled E-L-E-C-T-R-O-S-H-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1electric shock.
- 2Electroconvulsive therapy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how electroshock appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The injection of the relaxant myocaine (glycerol ester of guaiacol) before an electroshock prevents the dysfunction of carbohydrate metabolism, restricts the splitting of phosphocreatine after cardiazol and picrotoxin, and after electroshock and amidopyrine it facilitates phosphocreatine synthesis (Mison-Crighel, 1957). Similarly, alkaline phosphatases no…
The associations between valence feature codes and tactile codes are assumed, reflecting that the model already 'knows' that an electroshock is inherently experienced as unpleasant. The associations between word shapes and valence codes are also assumed, reflecting prior knowledge of the valence of certain words. In contrast to these fixed associations, t…
Etymology
From electro- + shock.
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.
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 September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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