haloperidol
/ˌhæ.lə(ʊ)ˈpɛ.ɹɪ.dɒl/
"haloperidol" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“haloperidol” is uncommon English (frequency #94,924 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,924
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A synthetic antidepressant drug, with the chemical formula C₂₁H₂₃ClFNO₂, used in the treatment of psychotic conditions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-haloperidol · haloperidol · English
haloperidol · rank #94,924 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,924
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH Halsall
Nearest frequency peer: Halsall (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “haloperidol”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- guro
guro
5,082 corpus weight
- gymkhana
gymkhana
5,080 corpus weight
- haloperidol
haloperidol
5,077 corpus weight
- Halsall
Halsall
5,076 corpus weight
- Hammonds
Hammonds
5,075 corpus weight
- hamsa
hamsa
5,073 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “haloperidol” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | haloperidol |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌhæ.lə(ʊ)ˈpɛ.ɹɪ.dɒl/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #94,924 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “haloperidol” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
haloperidol is uncommon English at frequency #94,924 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌhæ.lə(ʊ)ˈpɛ.ɹɪ.dɒl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A synthetic antidepressant drug, with the chemical formula C₂₁H₂₃ClFNO₂, used in the treatment of psychotic conditions.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for haloperidol, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From halo- + (pi)perid(ine) + -ol. By surface analysis, halo- + -peridol. The correct English form is haloperidol, spelled H-A-L-O-P-E-R-I-D-O-L.
Definition
- 1A synthetic antidepressant drug, with the chemical formula C₂₁H₂₃ClFNO₂, used in the treatment of psychotic conditions.
Etymology
From halo- + (pi)perid(ine) + -ol. By surface analysis, halo- + -peridol.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.