suppressant

noun

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"suppressant" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“suppressant” is uncommon English (frequency #75,461 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,461
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A substance that suppresses.

Corpus desk

Index EN-suppressant · suppressant · English

suppressant · rank #75,461 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,461
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH superscript

Nearest frequency peer: superscript (-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 “suppressant”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for suppressant
PropertyValue
Headwordsuppressant
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#75,461
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “suppressant” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).suppressantfalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “superscript” (#75,460), “Swales” (#75,464), “sulfite” (#75,457). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “suppressant” is #75,461. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

suppressant is uncommon English at frequency #75,461 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A substance that suppresses.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for suppressant, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From suppress + -ant. The correct English form is suppressant, spelled S-U-P-P-R-E-S-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A substance that suppresses.

Etymology

From suppress + -ant.

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 "suppressant"?
"suppressant" is spelled S-U-P-P-R-E-S-S-A-N-T.
What does "suppressant" mean?
As a noun, "suppressant" means: A substance that suppresses.
What is the origin of the word "suppressant"?
From suppress + -ant. 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 "suppressant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

superscript#75,460Stourbridge#75,452telephoning#75,477shepherdess#75,406

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list