ezetimibe
/ɛˈzɛt.ɪ.mɪb/noun
ezetimibe is spelled E-Z-E-T-I-M-I-B-E. The wrong spelling people search most is ezetemide: about 30 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 1,250 of all searches for the word. Ezetimibe is a noun meaning “An antihyperlipidemic medication used to lower cholesterol levels by decreasing cholesterol absorption in the…”.
How many letters and syllables are in ezetimibe?
| Letters | 9: E-Z-E-T-I-M-I-B-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 29 million words; the 163,711th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, ezetemide, about 30 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell ezetimibe?
Ezetimibe is spelled E-Z-E-T-I-M-I-B-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 1,301 of the searches for ezetimibe in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is ezetimibe?
Ezetimibe appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ezetimibe?
- /ɛˈzɛt.ɪ.mɪb/
- /ɛˈzɛt.ɪ.maɪb/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ezetimibe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An antihyperlipidemic medication used to lower cholesterol levels by decreasing cholesterol absorption in the intestine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ezetimibe in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense antihyperlidermic medication:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | ezetimiba |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ezetimibe come from?
Probably from ezet- (“alteration of azetidine”) + -imibe (“acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase inhibitor”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).