suppository
/səˈpɒzɪtəɹi/
"suppository" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“suppository” is an uncommon English word, ranked #69,480 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #69,480
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | suppository |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /səˈpɒzɪtəɹi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “suppository” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for suppository is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /səˈpɒzɪtəɹi/. Corpus data places it at rank #69,480 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for suppository, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English suppositorie, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin suppositōrium, from Late Latin, neuter of suppositōrius (“placed beneath”), from Latin suppōnō (“to put under”). The correct English form is suppository, spelled S-U-P-P-O-S-I-T-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature.
Etymology
From Middle English suppositorie, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin suppositōrium, from Late Latin, neuter of suppositōrius (“placed beneath”), from Latin suppōnō (“to put under”).
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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Using “suppository”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-U-P-P-O-S-I-T-O-R-Y - 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.