psychostimulant
"psychostimulant" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“psychostimulant” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tending to increase mental alertness and awareness
Corpus desk
Index EN-psychostimulant · psychostimulant · English
psychostimulant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | psychostimulant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “psychostimulant” in English
Rare enough to double-check
psychostimulant is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tending to increase mental alertness and awareness".
Zero misspellings are on record for psychostimulant in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From psycho- + stimulant. The correct English form is psychostimulant, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-S-T-I-M-U-L-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Tending to increase mental alertness and awareness
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how psychostimulant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a psychostimulant effect
Etymology
From psycho- + stimulant.
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.