blood pressure
/ˈblʌd ˌpɹɛʃə(ɹ)/
"blood-pressure" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blood pressure” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins; it varies during the heartbeat cycle, and according to a person's age, health and physical condition.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blood-pressure · blood pressure · English
blood pressure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blood pressure |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈblʌd ˌpɹɛʃə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “blood pressure” in English
Rare enough to double-check
blood pressure is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈblʌd ˌpɹɛʃə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins; it varies during the heartbeat cycle, and according to a person's age, health and physical condition.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for blood pressure, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is blood pressure, spelled B-L-O-O-D- -P-R-E-S-S-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1The pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins; it varies during the heartbeat cycle, and according to a person's age, health and physical condition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how blood pressure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the great majority of people who have serious conditions from high blood pressure suffer debilitating illness
The nurse spent all day taking blood pressures at the hospital.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.