sulfamethoxazole
/ˌsʌl.fəˌmɛˈθɑk.səˌzoʊl/noun
sulfamethoxazole is spelled S-U-L-F-A-M-E-T-H-O-X-A-Z-O-L-E. The wrong spelling people search most is sulfametoxazole: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 476 of all searches for the word. Sulfamethoxazole is a noun meaning “An antibacterial sulfonamide C₁₀H₁₁N₃O3S used alone or in combination with trimethoprim (as in the treatment…”.
How many letters and syllables are in sulfamethoxazole?
| Letters | 16: S-U-L-F-A-M-E-T-H-O-X-A-Z-O-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 138,319th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, sulfametoxazole, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell sulfamethoxazole?
Sulfamethoxazole is spelled S-U-L-F-A-M-E-T-H-O-X-A-Z-O-L-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 472 of the searches for sulfamethoxazole in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is sulfamethoxazole?
Sulfamethoxazole appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sulfamethoxazole?
- UK /ˌsʌl.fə.mɪˈtɒk.sə.zəʊl/
- US /ˌsʌl.fəˌmɛˈθɑk.səˌzoʊl/
Sulfamethoxazole has 6 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of sulfamethoxazole
- sulphamethoxazole
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sulfamethoxazole mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An antibacterial sulfonamide C₁₀H₁₁N₃O3S used alone or in combination with trimethoprim (as in the treatment of urinary tract infections or acute otitis media).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate sulfamethoxazole?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of sulfamethoxazole: SMZ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sulfamethoxazole in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | sulfametoxazol |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.