premenstrual
/ˌpɹiːˈmɛnstɹʊəl/
"premenstrual" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“premenstrual” is uncommon English (frequency #87,702 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,702
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Occurring in the time period during the menstrual cycle leading up to the beginning of menstruation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-premenstrual · premenstrual · English
premenstrual · rank #87,702 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,702
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH preflight
Nearest frequency peer: preflight (-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 “premenstrual”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- preflight
preflight
12,300 corpus weight
- premenstrual
premenstrual
12,299 corpus weight
- pressurize
pressurize
12,298 corpus weight
- primitivism
primitivism
12,295 corpus weight
- princesse
princesse
12,294 corpus weight
- privileging
privileging
12,291 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “premenstrual” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | premenstrual |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌpɹiːˈmɛnstɹʊəl/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #87,702 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “premenstrual” in English
Rare enough to double-check
premenstrual is uncommon English at frequency #87,702 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌpɹiːˈmɛnstɹʊəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
premenstrual doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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: From pre- + menstrual. The correct English form is premenstrual, spelled P-R-E-M-E-N-S-T-R-U-A-L.
Definition
- 1Occurring in the time period during the menstrual cycle leading up to the beginning of menstruation.
- 2Relating to the time period in a girl's life prior to her first experience of menstruation; prepubescent.
Etymology
From pre- + menstrual.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).