nicotinic
"nicotinic" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nicotinic” is uncommon English (frequency #71,737 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,737
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to nicotine or nicotinic acid or its derivatives.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nicotinic · nicotinic · English
nicotinic · rank #71,737 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,737
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH NKVD
Nearest frequency peer: NKVD (+2 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 “nicotinic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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neurophysiology
28,269 corpus weight
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neurotoxic
28,268 corpus weight
- Nevers
Nevers
28,267 corpus weight
- nicotinic
nicotinic
28,264 corpus weight
- NKVD
NKVD
28,262 corpus weight
- NPO
NPO
28,260 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nicotinic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nicotinic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nicotinic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nicotinic is uncommon English at frequency #71,737 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for nicotinic in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 nicotine + -ic. The correct English form is nicotinic, spelled N-I-C-O-T-I-N-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to nicotine or nicotinic acid or its derivatives.
- 2Of or pertaining to niacin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nicotinic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nicotine, a stimulant found in tobacco, long used by Native Americans, taught scientists about the existence of our own nicotinic receptors, which influence neuronal excitement.
Etymology
From nicotine + -ic.
Synonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).