pharmacokinetics
/ˌfɑː(ɹ)məkəʊkɪˈnɛtɪks/
"pharmacokinetics" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pharmacokinetics” is uncommon English (frequency #55,643 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,643
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pharmacokinetics |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌfɑː(ɹ)məkəʊkɪˈnɛtɪks/ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #55,643 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pharmacokinetics” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pharmacokinetics is uncommon English at frequency #55,643 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌfɑː(ɹ)məkəʊkɪˈnɛtɪks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pharmacokinetics in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pharmaco- + kinetics. The correct English form is pharmacokinetics, spelled P-H-A-R-M-A-C-O-K-I-N-E-T-I-C-S.
Definition
- 1A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
- 2The particular rates at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
Etymology
From pharmaco- + kinetics.
This word in other languages
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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- The one correct English spelling is P-H-A-R-M-A-C-O-K-I-N-E-T-I-C-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.