lysergic acid diethylamide
"lysergic-acid-diethylamide" is a 24-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lysergic acid diethylamide” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A powerful synthetic hallucinogen.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lysergic-acid-diethylami · lysergic acid diethylamide · English
lysergic acid diethylamide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 26 letters
- VOW-11 11 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | lysergic acid diethylamide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lysergic acid diethylamide” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lysergic acid diethylamide is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A powerful synthetic hallucinogen.".
lysergic acid diethylamide doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is lysergic acid diethylamide, spelled L-Y-S-E-R-G-I-C- -A-C-I-D- -D-I-E-T-H-Y-L-A-M-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1A powerful synthetic hallucinogen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lysergic acid diethylamide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As surely as that winter of 1970 turned to spring, lysergic acid deithylamide made its grand entrance into my life.
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.