amyloidosis
/æmɪlɔɪˈdəʊsɪs/
"amyloidosis" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amyloidosis” is uncommon English (frequency #68,819 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,819
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of a group of disorders in which the fibrous protein amyloid is deposited in an organ of the body.
Corpus desk
Index EN-amyloidosis · amyloidosis · English
amyloidosis · rank #68,819 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,819
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH androgyny
Nearest frequency peer: androgyny (+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 “amyloidosis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- allspice
allspice
31,187 corpus weight
- amyloidosis
amyloidosis
31,182 corpus weight
- androgyny
androgyny
31,181 corpus weight
- anesthetized
anesthetized
31,180 corpus weight
- anodized
anodized
31,177 corpus weight
- anoxic
anoxic
31,176 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “amyloidosis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amyloidosis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /æmɪlɔɪˈdəʊsɪs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #68,819 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “amyloidosis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
amyloidosis is uncommon English at frequency #68,819 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /æmɪlɔɪˈdəʊsɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of a group of disorders in which the fibrous protein amyloid is deposited in an organ of the body.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for amyloidosis, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From amyloid + -osis. The correct English form is amyloidosis, spelled A-M-Y-L-O-I-D-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Any of a group of disorders in which the fibrous protein amyloid is deposited in an organ of the body.
Etymology
From amyloid + -osis.
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).