paroxetine
/pəˈɹɒk.sə.tiːn/
"paroxetine" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paroxetine” is uncommon English (frequency #97,416 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,416
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An antidepressant that is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor and is also used for the treatment of anxiety disorders.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paroxetine · paroxetine · English
paroxetine · rank #97,416 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,416
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Parmigiano
Nearest frequency peer: Parmigiano (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “paroxetine”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- panadol
panadol
2,590 corpus weight
- panicum
panicum
2,589 corpus weight
- Parmigiano
Parmigiano
2,586 corpus weight
- paroxetine
paroxetine
2,585 corpus weight
- Parthia
Parthia
2,583 corpus weight
- passim
passim
2,581 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “paroxetine” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paroxetine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pəˈɹɒk.sə.tiːn/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “paroxetine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
paroxetine is uncommon English at frequency #97,416 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pəˈɹɒk.sə.tiːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An antidepressant that is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor and is also used for the treatment of anxiety disorders.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for paroxetine, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is paroxetine, spelled P-A-R-O-X-E-T-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1An antidepressant that is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor and is also used for the treatment of anxiety disorders.
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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