intoxicant
/ɪnˈtɒksɪk(ə)nt/
"intoxicant" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“intoxicant” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Something which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-intoxicant · intoxicant · English
intoxicant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | intoxicant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪnˈtɒksɪk(ə)nt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “intoxicant” in English
Rare enough to double-check
intoxicant is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪnˈtɒksɪk(ə)nt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for intoxicant, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is intoxicant, spelled I-N-T-O-X-I-C-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Something which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent.
- 2Poison.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how intoxicant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alcohol, opium and laughing gas are intoxicants.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.