nutraceutical
/njuːtɹəˈsuːtɪkəl/noun
nutraceutical is spelled N-U-T-R-A-C-E-U-T-I-C-A-L: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nutraceutical means “A nutrient or food believed to have curative properties; a food used as a drug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nutraceutical is nutraceuticals.
How many letters and syllables are in nutraceutical?
| Letters | 13: N-U-T-R-A-C-E-U-T-I-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 105,204th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is nutraceutical?
Nutraceutical appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce nutraceutical?
- /njuːtɹəˈsuːtɪkəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of nutraceutical
- nutraceuticals plural
- neutraceutical
- neutriceutical
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nutraceutical mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A nutrient or food believed to have curative properties; a food used as a drug.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nutraceutical in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense supposedly or provenly food with pharmaceutical properties:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Nutrazeutikum |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does nutraceutical come from?
Blend of nutrient + pharmaceutical, a marketing term coined by Stephen DeFelice in 1989.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).