minoxidil
/mɪˈnɒk.sɪd.ɪl/
"minoxidil" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“minoxidil” is uncommon English (frequency #96,233 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,233
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A compound used orally as a vasodilator to treat hypertension and topically to reverse baldness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-minoxidil · minoxidil · English
minoxidil · rank #96,233 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,233
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Minkoff
Nearest frequency peer: Minkoff (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “minoxidil”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- methyltrans…
methyltransferase
3,776 corpus weight
- microcode
microcode
3,772 corpus weight
- minim
minim
3,770 corpus weight
- Minkoff
Minkoff
3,769 corpus weight
- minoxidil
minoxidil
3,768 corpus weight
- misstatement
misstatement
3,766 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “minoxidil” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | minoxidil |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɪˈnɒk.sɪd.ɪl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,233 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “minoxidil” in English
Rare enough to double-check
minoxidil is uncommon English at frequency #96,233 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mɪˈnɒk.sɪd.ɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A compound used orally as a vasodilator to treat hypertension and topically to reverse baldness.".
Zero misspellings are on record for minoxidil in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From (a)mino + oxid(e) + -dil (“vasodilator”). The correct English form is minoxidil, spelled M-I-N-O-X-I-D-I-L.
Definition
- 1A compound used orally as a vasodilator to treat hypertension and topically to reverse baldness.
Etymology
From (a)mino + oxid(e) + -dil (“vasodilator”).
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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