paracetamol
/ˌpæ.ɹəˈsɛt.əm.ɒl/
"paracetamol" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paracetamol” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,824. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,824
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A synthetic compound used as a drug to relieve and reduce fever, usually taken in tablet form.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paracetamol · paracetamol · English
paracetamol · rank #43,824 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,824
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH panelist
Nearest frequency peer: panelist (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “paracetamol”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- panache
panache
56,179 corpus weight
- panelist
panelist
56,178 corpus weight
- paracetamol
paracetamol
56,177 corpus weight
- paralyzing
paralyzing
56,176 corpus weight
- parkin
parkin
56,175 corpus weight
- Parthenon
Parthenon
56,174 corpus weight
What this shows “paracetamol” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paracetamol |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌpæ.ɹəˈsɛt.əm.ɒl/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #43,824 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “paracetamol”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around paracetamol (IPA /ˌpæ.ɹəˈsɛt.əm.ɒl/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,824 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A synthetic compound used as a drug to relieve and reduce fever, usually taken in tablet form.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for paracetamol, with forms such as "apracetamol", "paarcetamol", and "paraccetamol". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Contraction of para-acetylaminophenol. The correct English form is paracetamol, spelled P-A-R-A-C-E-T-A-M-O-L.
Definition
- 1A synthetic compound used as a drug to relieve and reduce fever, usually taken in tablet form.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how paracetamol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So you know, we have a good case with an increasing body of evidence, supported by a trifecta of research from human epidemiology, animal and in vitro studies, which suggests that prenatal acetaminophen or paracetamol might alter fetal development, increasing the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Etymology
Contraction of para-acetylaminophenol.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apracetamol
- paarcetamol
- paraccetamol
- paraceatmol
- paracetamlo
- paracetammol
- paracetamoll
- paracetaoml
- paracetmaol
- paracettamol
- paracteamol
- paraectamol
- parcaetamol
- parracetamol
- pparacetamol
- praacetamol
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paracetamol - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "paracetamol", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).