arthritic
/ɑː(ɹ)θˈɹɪtɪk/
"arthritic" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“arthritic” is uncommon English (frequency #55,923 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,923
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, or affected by arthritis.
Corpus desk
Index EN-arthritic · arthritic · English
arthritic · rank #55,923 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,923
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Asis
Nearest frequency peer: Asis (+2 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 “arthritic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- arcing
arcing
44,083 corpus weight
- Arnott
Arnott
44,082 corpus weight
- arthritic
arthritic
44,078 corpus weight
- Asis
Asis
44,076 corpus weight
- Asterix
Asterix
44,075 corpus weight
- astigmatism
astigmatism
44,074 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “arthritic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arthritic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɑː(ɹ)θˈɹɪtɪk/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “arthritic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
arthritic is uncommon English at frequency #55,923 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɑː(ɹ)θˈɹɪtɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, or affected by arthritis.".
No misspelling variants are generated for arthritic in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin arthriticus (“gouty, arthritic”), from Ancient Greek. The correct English form is arthritic, spelled A-R-T-H-R-I-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of, or affected by arthritis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how arthritic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Her arthritic wrists bothered her most in the winter.
Etymology
From Latin arthriticus (“gouty, arthritic”), from Ancient Greek.
This word in other languages
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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).