griseofulvin
/ˌɡɹɪz.i.oʊˈfʊl.vɪn/noun
griseofulvin is spelled G-R-I-S-E-O-F-U-L-V-I-N. The wrong spelling people search most is griseofluvin: about 30 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 33 of all searches for the word. Griseofulvin is a noun meaning “An antifungal drug C₁₇H₁₇ClO₆ obtained from the mold Penicillium griseofulvum, used in humans and animals…”.
How many letters and syllables are in griseofulvin?
| Letters | 12: G-R-I-S-E-O-F-U-L-V-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, griseofluvin, 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 griseofulvin?
Griseofulvin is spelled G-R-I-S-E-O-F-U-L-V-I-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 33 of the searches for griseofulvin 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 griseofulvin?
Griseofulvin appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th 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 griseofulvin?
- UK /ˌɡɹɪz.i.ə(ʊ)ˈfʊl.vɪn/
- US /ˌɡɹɪz.i.oʊˈfʊl.vɪn/
Griseofulvin has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does griseofulvin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An antifungal drug C₁₇H₁₇ClO₆ obtained from the mold Penicillium griseofulvum, used in humans and animals against fungal infections of the hair and skin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does griseofulvin come from?
From Latin griseofulvum + -in.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).