spermicide
/ˈspɜː(ɹ)mɪsaɪd/
"spermicide" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spermicide” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A substance used for killing sperm.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spermicide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈspɜː(ɹ)mɪsaɪd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spermicide” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
spermicide is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈspɜː(ɹ)mɪsaɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A substance used for killing sperm.".
Zero misspellings are on record for spermicide in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sperm + -icide. The correct English form is spermicide, spelled S-P-E-R-M-I-C-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1A substance used for killing sperm.
Etymology
From sperm + -icide.
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.
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Using “spermicide”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-P-E-R-M-I-C-I-D-E - 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.