Colitis

[kɔˈliːtɪs]

/[kɔˈliːtɪs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Colitis” is uncommon German (frequency #55,226 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,226
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entzündung des Dickdarms

Corpus desk

Index DE-colitis · Colitis · German

Colitis · rank #55,226 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,226
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH coal

Nearest frequency peer: coal (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Colitis“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Colitis“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Colitis
PropertyValue
HeadwordColitis
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔˈliːtɪs]
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,226
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Colitis“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Colitisfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „coal“ (#55,225), „Cuts“ (#55,227), „daherkommen“ (#55,230). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Colitis“ bei #55,226. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Colitis is uncommon German at frequency #55,226 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔˈliːtɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entzündung des Dickdarms".

Colitis has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Colitis, spelled C-O-L-I-T-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entzündung des Dickdarms

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Colitis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ethel war und blieb eine »furchtbar nette Frau«, obwohl sie sehr große Sorgen hatte: Ihr Sohn Philip litt an geschwüriger Colitis, und ihre Tocher Helene war geistig behindert.“

Synonyms

DickdarmentzündungDickdarmkatarrh

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Colitis"?
"Colitis" is spelled C-O-L-I-T-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔˈliːtɪs].
What does "Colitis" mean?
As a noun, "Colitis" means: Entzündung des Dickdarms
How do you pronounce "Colitis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Colitis" is [kɔˈliːtɪs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Colitis" come from?
"Colitis" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Colitis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

candida#55,219Bikinis#55,188beteten#55,183Engadin#55,280

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list