suboxone

noun

"suboxone" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“suboxone” is uncommon English (frequency #80,929 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,929
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A combination drug of buprenorphine and naloxone, used to treat opiate addictions.

Corpus desk

Index EN-suboxone · suboxone · English

suboxone · rank #80,929 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,929
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH subclinical

Nearest frequency peer: subclinical (-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 “suboxone”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “suboxone” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for suboxone
PropertyValue
Headwordsuboxone
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,929
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “suboxone” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).suboxonefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “subclinical” (#80,928), “substantiation” (#80,930), “stupefied” (#80,927). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “suboxone” is #80,929. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

suboxone is uncommon English at frequency #80,929 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A combination drug of buprenorphine and naloxone, used to treat opiate addictions.".

suboxone has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: Marketing name, perhaps a blend of Subutex + naloxone. The correct English form is suboxone, spelled S-U-B-O-X-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A combination drug of buprenorphine and naloxone, used to treat opiate addictions.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how suboxone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Not far behind OxyContin is Suboxone, the brand name for a drug whose primary ingredient is buprenorphine, a semisynthetic opioid.
  2. I have 8 milligram Suboxone for maintenance in case I go through withdrawals.

Etymology

Marketing name, perhaps a blend of Subutex + naloxone.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "suboxone"?
"suboxone" is spelled S-U-B-O-X-O-N-E.
What does "suboxone" mean?
As a noun, "suboxone" means: A combination drug of buprenorphine and naloxone, used to treat opiate addictions.
What is the origin of the word "suboxone"?
Marketing name, perhaps a blend of Subutex + naloxone. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "suboxone", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list