phencyclidine
/fɛnˈsaɪ.klɪ.diːn/
"phencyclidine" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“phencyclidine” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A synthetic compound derived from piperidine, used as a veterinary anesthetic and in hallucinogenic drugs such as angel dust.
Corpus desk
Index EN-phencyclidine · phencyclidine · English
phencyclidine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | phencyclidine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɛnˈsaɪ.klɪ.diːn/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “phencyclidine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
phencyclidine is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /fɛnˈsaɪ.klɪ.diːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A synthetic compound derived from piperidine, used as a veterinary anesthetic and in hallucinogenic drugs such as angel dust.".
Zero misspellings are on record for phencyclidine in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Contraction of phenylcyclohexylpiperidine. The correct English form is phencyclidine, spelled P-H-E-N-C-Y-C-L-I-D-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A synthetic compound derived from piperidine, used as a veterinary anesthetic and in hallucinogenic drugs such as angel dust.
Etymology
Contraction of phenylcyclohexylpiperidine.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.