levonorgestrel
/ˌli.və.nɔɹˈd͡ʒɛ.stɹəl/noun
levonorgestrel is spelled L-E-V-O-N-O-R-G-E-S-T-R-E-L. The wrong spelling people search most is levonogestrel: about 50 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 43 of all searches for the word. Levonorgestrel is a noun meaning “A synthetic progestogen used as an active ingredient in some hormonal contraceptives”.
How many letters and syllables are in levonorgestrel?
| Letters | 14: L-E-V-O-N-O-R-G-E-S-T-R-E-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, levonogestrel, about 50 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell levonorgestrel?
Levonorgestrel is spelled L-E-V-O-N-O-R-G-E-S-T-R-E-L. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 43 of the searches for levonorgestrel 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 levonorgestrel?
Levonorgestrel appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th 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 levonorgestrel?
- UK /ˌliː.vəʊ.nɔːˈd͡ʒɛ.stɹl̩/
- US /ˌli.və.nɔɹˈd͡ʒɛ.stɹəl/
Levonorgestrel 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 rhymes with levonorgestrel?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as levonorgestrel from its last stressed vowel (/ɛstɹəl/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does levonorgestrel mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A synthetic progestogen used as an active ingredient in some hormonal contraceptives.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Levonorgestrel in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lévonorgestrel |
| Portuguese | levonorgestrel |
| Spanish | levonorgestrel |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does levonorgestrel come from?
From levo- + norgestrel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).