GABAergic
"gabaergic" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“GABAergic” is uncommon English (frequency #98,146 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,146
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to or producing the neurotransmitter GABA.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gabaergic · GABAergic · English
GABAergic · rank #98,146 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,146
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Galla
Nearest frequency peer: Galla (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “GABAergic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Fripp
Fripp
1,863 corpus weight
- frivolously
frivolously
1,862 corpus weight
- fusible
fusible
1,858 corpus weight
- GABAergic
GABAergic
1,855 corpus weight
- Galla
Galla
1,854 corpus weight
- Garr
Garr
1,851 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “GABAergic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | GABAergic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,146 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “GABAergic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
GABAergic is uncommon English at frequency #98,146 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pertaining to or producing the neurotransmitter GABA.".
Zero misspellings are on record for GABAergic in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From GABA + -ergic. The correct English form is GABAergic, spelled G-A-B-A-E-R-G-I-C.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to or producing the neurotransmitter GABA.
Etymology
From GABA + -ergic.
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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