ascites
/əˈsaɪtiːz/
"ascites" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ascites” is uncommon English (frequency #85,000 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,000
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, frequently symptomatic of liver disease.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ascites · ascites · English
ascites · rank #85,000 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,000
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Asoka
Nearest frequency peer: Asoka (+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 “ascites”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Arata
Arata
15,009 corpus weight
- Arnab
Arnab
15,004 corpus weight
- ascites
ascites
15,001 corpus weight
- Asoka
Asoka
15,000 corpus weight
- aspic
aspic
14,998 corpus weight
- ASVAB
ASVAB
14,997 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ascites” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ascites |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈsaɪtiːz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,000 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ascites” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ascites is uncommon English at frequency #85,000 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈsaɪtiːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, frequently symptomatic of liver disease.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ascites in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin ascītēs, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσκίτης (askítēs), from ἀσκός (askós, “wineskin”). The correct English form is ascites, spelled A-S-C-I-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1An accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, frequently symptomatic of liver disease.
Etymology
From Latin ascītēs, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσκίτης (askítēs), from ἀσκός (askós, “wineskin”).
Synonyms
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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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