hyoscine
"hyoscine" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hyoscine” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An oily alakoid liquid, formerly used as a sedative; scopolamine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hyoscine · hyoscine · English
hyoscine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hyoscine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hyoscine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hyoscine is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An oily alakoid liquid, formerly used as a sedative; scopolamine.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hyoscine in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hyosc(yamus) + -ine. The correct English form is hyoscine, spelled H-Y-O-S-C-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1An oily alakoid liquid, formerly used as a sedative; scopolamine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hyoscine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To give such a patient an injection of hyoscine […] is, as Dr. Stoddart points out, “a refined substitute for hitting him on the head with a club.”
I was so excited I forgot about the hyoscine pills and only remembered to take them as we were stepping up the mobile staircase onto the aircraft.
Etymology
From hyosc(yamus) + -ine.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.