vasopressin
/ˌveɪzəʊˈpɹɛsɪn/
"vasopressin" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vasopressin” is uncommon English (frequency #76,447 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,447
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An antidiuretic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vasopressin · vasopressin · English
vasopressin · rank #76,447 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,447
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH Vanier
Nearest frequency peer: Vanier (-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 “vasopressin”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- valueless
valueless
23,558 corpus weight
- vandalize
vandalize
23,556 corpus weight
- Vanier
Vanier
23,555 corpus weight
- vasopressin
vasopressin
23,554 corpus weight
- vegetated
vegetated
23,553 corpus weight
- vika
vika
23,551 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “vasopressin” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vasopressin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌveɪzəʊˈpɹɛsɪn/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #76,447 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vasopressin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vasopressin is uncommon English at frequency #76,447 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌveɪzəʊˈpɹɛsɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An antidiuretic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for vasopressin, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From vasopressor + -in, circa 1927; see details at vasopressor § Etymology. The correct English form is vasopressin, spelled V-A-S-O-P-R-E-S-S-I-N.
Definition
- 1An antidiuretic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland.
Etymology
From vasopressor + -in, circa 1927; see details at vasopressor § Etymology.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).