methylamphetamine
"methylamphetamine" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“methylamphetamine” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - methamphetamine
Corpus desk
Index EN-methylamphetamine · methylamphetamine · English
methylamphetamine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | methylamphetamine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “methylamphetamine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
methylamphetamine is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "methamphetamine".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for methylamphetamine, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From methyl + amphetamine. The correct English form is methylamphetamine, spelled M-E-T-H-Y-L-A-M-P-H-E-T-A-M-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1methamphetamine
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how methylamphetamine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Catherine was arrested by Sydney police last July and has been charged with 14 offences, including supplying the drugs methylamphetamine, ketamine and GHB.
Etymology
From methyl + amphetamine.
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.