LSD-25

noun

"lsd-25" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“LSD-25” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide).

Corpus desk

Index EN-lsd-25 · LSD-25 · English

LSD-25 · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for LSD-25
PropertyValue
HeadwordLSD-25
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “LSD-25” sits in English frequency

LSD-25ranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

LSD-25 is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide).".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for LSD-25, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is LSD-25, spelled L-S-D---2-5.

Definition

  1. 1
    LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how LSD-25 appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 1956, M. W. Hirsch, M. E. Jarvik, and H. A. Abramson, "Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25): Effects of LSD-25 and six related drugs upon handwriting", in Journal of Psychology, volume 41, pages 11–22.
  2. The bridge, die Brücke, being his pet name for the experiment he was helping the community hospital run on effects of LSD-25, mescaline, psilocybin, and related drugs on a large sample of suburban housewives.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "LSD-25"?
"LSD-25" is spelled L-S-D---2-5.
What does "LSD-25" mean?
As a noun, "LSD-25" means: LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide).
What language does "LSD-25" come from?
"LSD-25" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list