sertraline
/ˈsɜː.tɹəˌliːn/
"sertraline" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sertraline” is uncommon English (frequency #80,867 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,867
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An antidepressant drug C₁₇H₁₇NCl₂ administered in the form of its hydrochloride and acting to enhance serotonin activity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sertraline · sertraline · English
sertraline · rank #80,867 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,867
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH seinen
Nearest frequency peer: seinen (-5 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 “sertraline”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- scythes
scythes
19,142 corpus weight
- seinen
seinen
19,139 corpus weight
- sertraline
sertraline
19,134 corpus weight
- shd
shd
19,128 corpus weight
- Shepperton
Shepperton
19,127 corpus weight
- Shinawatra
Shinawatra
19,125 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sertraline” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sertraline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɜː.tɹəˌliːn/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #80,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sertraline” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sertraline is uncommon English at frequency #80,867 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɜː.tɹəˌliːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An antidepressant drug C₁₇H₁₇NCl₂ administered in the form of its hydrochloride and acting to enhance serotonin activity.".
sertraline has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ser(otonin) + -traline (“serotonin reuptake inhibitor”). The correct English form is sertraline, spelled S-E-R-T-R-A-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1An antidepressant drug C₁₇H₁₇NCl₂ administered in the form of its hydrochloride and acting to enhance serotonin activity.
Etymology
From ser(otonin) + -traline (“serotonin reuptake inhibitor”).
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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