warfarin
/ˈwɔɹ.fəɹ.ɪn/noun
warfarin is spelled W-A-R-F-A-R-I-N: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, warfarin means “A coumarin salt, warfarin sodium, found in certain clovers, that retards blood coagulation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of warfarin is warfarins.
How many letters and syllables are in warfarin?
| Letters | 8: W-A-R-F-A-R-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,767th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is warfarin?
Warfarin appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th 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 warfarin?
- UK /ˈwɔː.fə.ɹɪn/
- US /ˈwɔɹ.fəɹ.ɪn/
Warfarin has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with warfarin?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as warfarin from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹfəɹɪn/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of warfarin
- warfarins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does warfarin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A coumarin salt, warfarin sodium, found in certain clovers, that retards blood coagulation
- 2
Manufactured as a pharmaceutical drug and used in low dosage, with regular monitoring, for the prevention of thrombosis and embolism.
- 3
Manufactured as a chemical, used in high dosage as a pesticide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Warfarin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense anticoagulant:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | varfarina, warfarina |
| Spanish | warfarina |
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.
Where does warfarin come from?
From Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation + (coum)arin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).