muscarinic

Name: muscarinic, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“muscarinic” is uncommon English (frequency #86,543 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,543
frequency rank, English: 36,575
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or pertaining to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, usually with regard to agonism or antagonism (blocking) of receptor activity.

Key facts for muscarinic
Property	Value
Headword	muscarinic
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#86,543
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “muscarinic” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). muscarinic lands here:

#86,543

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

muscarinic is uncommon English at frequency #86,543 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for muscarinic in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From muscarine + -ic. The correct English form is muscarinic, spelled M-U-S-C-A-R-I-N-I-C.

Definition

1
Of or pertaining to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, usually with regard to agonism or antagonism (blocking) of receptor activity.
2
Of or pertaining to muscarine.

Etymology

From muscarine + -ic.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "muscarinic"?

"muscarinic" is spelled M-U-S-C-A-R-I-N-I-C.

What does "muscarinic" mean?

As an adjective, "muscarinic" means: Of or pertaining to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, usually with regard to agonism or antagonism (blocking) of receptor activity.

What is the origin of the word "muscarinic"?

From muscarine + -ic. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “muscarinic”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is M-U-S-C-A-R-I-N-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.