paroxetine
/pəˈɹɒk.sə.tiːn/
"paroxetine" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paroxetine” is uncommon English (frequency #97,416 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,416
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An antidepressant that is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor and is also used for the treatment of anxiety disorders.
| 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) |
Where “paroxetine” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
paroxetine is uncommon English at frequency #97,416 among 46,516 “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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Using “paroxetine”
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- The one correct English spelling is P-A-R-O-X-E-T-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.