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
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A synthetic compound used as a drug to relieve and reduce fever, usually taken in tablet form.
| 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) |
Where “paracetamol” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around paracetamol (IPA /ˌpæ.ɹəˈsɛt.əm.ɒl/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,824 among 46,516 “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.
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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Using “paracetamol”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-R-A-C-E-T-A-M-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌpæ.ɹəˈsɛt.əm.ɒl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.