hallucinogen
/ˌhæl.uːˈsɪn.ə.dʒən/
"hallucinogen" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hallucinogen” is uncommon English (frequency #75,936 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,936
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any substance tending to induce hallucination.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hallucinogen · hallucinogen · English
hallucinogen · rank #75,936 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,936
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Halleck
Nearest frequency peer: Halleck (-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 “hallucinogen”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Habibi
Habibi
24,070 corpus weight
- hackles
hackles
24,069 corpus weight
- Halleck
Halleck
24,066 corpus weight
- hallucinogen
hallucinogen
24,065 corpus weight
- handmaid
handmaid
24,063 corpus weight
- hardstyle
hardstyle
24,059 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hallucinogen” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hallucinogen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌhæl.uːˈsɪn.ə.dʒən/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #75,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hallucinogen” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hallucinogen is uncommon English at frequency #75,936 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌhæl.uːˈsɪn.ə.dʒən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any substance tending to induce hallucination.".
hallucinogen has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 hallucination + -o- (interconsonantal) + -gen (“producer”). The correct English form is hallucinogen, spelled H-A-L-L-U-C-I-N-O-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Any substance tending to induce hallucination.
Etymology
From hallucination + -o- (interconsonantal) + -gen (“producer”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).