medicament
/ˈmɛdɪkəmənt/
"medicament" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“medicament” 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) - A medicine, medication or drug.
Corpus desk
Index EN-medicament · medicament · English
medicament · 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 "M" 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 | medicament |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɛdɪkəmənt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “medicament” in English
Rare enough to double-check
medicament is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɛdɪkəmənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A medicine, medication or drug.".
medicament has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English medicament, either from Middle French médicament or its etymon, Latin medicāmentum. The correct English form is medicament, spelled M-E-D-I-C-A-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1A medicine, medication or drug.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how medicament appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, Book I, Chapter 23, “The forme of Poeticall lamentations,” Therefore of death and burials, of th’aduersities by warres, and of true loue lost or ill bestowed, are th’onely sorrowes that the noble Poets sought by their arte to remoue or appease, not with any medicament of a contrary temper, as the Galenis…
Forasmuch as the soul is far more precious than the body, we do prohibit under the pain of anathema, that no physician for the health of the body, shall prescribe to a sick person any thing which may prove perilous to the soul. But when it happens that he is called to a sick person, he shall first of all effectually persuade them to send for the physician…
Etymology
From Middle English medicament, either from Middle French médicament or its etymon, Latin medicāmentum.
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.