gabapentin
/ˈɡæb.əˌpɛn.tɪn/
"gabapentin" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gabapentin” is uncommon English (frequency #69,874 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,874
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An anticonvulsant drug C₉H₁₇NO₂ structurally related to gamma-aminobutyric acid that is administered orally as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial seizures.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gabapentin · gabapentin · English
gabapentin · rank #69,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,874
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH galactose
Nearest frequency peer: galactose (+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 “gabapentin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fritter
fritter
30,132 corpus weight
- Fultz
Fultz
30,129 corpus weight
- gabapentin
gabapentin
30,127 corpus weight
- galactose
galactose
30,126 corpus weight
- gallus
gallus
30,124 corpus weight
- Galápagos
Galápagos
30,123 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gabapentin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gabapentin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡæb.əˌpɛn.tɪn/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,874 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gabapentin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gabapentin is uncommon English at frequency #69,874 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡæb.əˌpɛn.tɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An anticonvulsant drug C₉H₁₇NO₂ structurally related to gamma-aminobutyric acid that is administered orally as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial seizures.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gabapentin, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From GABA + pent(yl) + -in. The correct English form is gabapentin, spelled G-A-B-A-P-E-N-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1An anticonvulsant drug C₉H₁₇NO₂ structurally related to gamma-aminobutyric acid that is administered orally as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial seizures.
Etymology
From GABA + pent(yl) + -in.
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.
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