methamphetamine
/ˌmɛθæmˈfɛtəˌmiːn/
"methamphetamine" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“methamphetamine” has 23 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,133. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,133
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
- 23
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | methamphetamine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌmɛθæmˈfɛtəˌmiːn/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #30,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 23 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “methamphetamine” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 23 spelling variants around methamphetamine (IPA /ˌmɛθæmˈfɛtəˌmiːn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,133 among 36,575 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for methamphetamine, with forms such as "emthamphetamine", "mehtamphetamine", and "metahmphetamine". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From meth- + amphetamine; 1945–1950. The correct English form is methamphetamine, spelled M-E-T-H-A-M-P-H-E-T-A-M-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.
Etymology
From meth- + amphetamine; 1945–1950.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emthamphetamine
- mehtamphetamine
- metahmphetamine
- methamhpetamine
- methammphetamine
- methampehtamine
- methampheatmine
- methamphetaimne
- methamphetamien
- methamphetaminne
- methamphetammine
- methamphetamnie
- methamphetmaine
- methamphettamine
- methamphhetamine
- methamphteamine
- methampphetamine
- methapmhetamine
- methhamphetamine
- methmaphetamine
- metthamphetamine
- mmethamphetamine
- mtehamphetamine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of methamphetamine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “methamphetamine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-E-T-H-A-M-P-H-E-T-A-M-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌmɛθæmˈfɛtəˌmiːn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
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.