acidosis
/ˌæs.ɪˈdoʊ.sɪs/noun
acidosis is spelled A-C-I-D-O-S-I-S: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, acidosis means “An abnormally increased acidity of the blood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of acidosis is acidoses.
How many letters and syllables are in acidosis?
| Letters | 8: A-C-I-D-O-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,788th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 acidosis?
Acidosis appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th 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 acidosis?
- UK /ˌæs.ɪˈdəʊ.sɪs/
- US /ˌæs.ɪˈdoʊ.sɪs/
- Australia /ˌæs.ɪˈdəʉ.sɪs/
Acidosis has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-VCcortex-acidosis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with acidosis?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as acidosis from its last stressed vowel (/oʊsɪs/):
- prognosis
- sclerosis
- psychosis
- fibrosis
- apoptosis
- necrosis
- thrombosis
- stenosis
- osmosis
- symbiosis
- scoliosis
- mitosis
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 acidosis
- acidoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does acidosis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An abnormally increased acidity of the blood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Acidosis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense abnormally increased acidity of the blood:
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 acidosis come from?
From acid + -osis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).