bilharziasis

noun

"bilharziasis" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“bilharziasis” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of schistosomiasis.

Corpus desk

Index EN-bilharziasis · bilharziasis · English

bilharziasis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for bilharziasis
PropertyValue
Headwordbilharziasis
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “bilharziasis” in English

bilharziasissits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bilharziasis is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of schistosomiasis.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bilharziasis, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Bilharz + -iasis; see bilharzia. The correct English form is bilharziasis, spelled B-I-L-H-A-R-Z-I-A-S-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of schistosomiasis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Perfusion pressure/flow studies will resolve any doubt regarding obstruction, and fluoroscopic evaluation of the dynamic status of the draining ureter will be valuable in such conditions as primary megaureter, and ureteropathies associated with bilharziasis and tuberculosis.

Etymology

From Bilharz + -iasis; see bilharzia.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bilharziasis"?
"bilharziasis" is spelled B-I-L-H-A-R-Z-I-A-S-I-S.
What does "bilharziasis" mean?
As a noun, "bilharziasis" means: Synonym of schistosomiasis.
What is the origin of the word "bilharziasis"?
From Bilharz + -iasis; see bilharzia. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list