botrytis
"botrytis" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“botrytis” is uncommon English (frequency #93,488 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,488
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any fungus of the genus Botrytis, especially Botrytis cinerea which is responsible for the formation of noble rot on grapes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-botrytis · botrytis · English
botrytis · rank #93,488 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,488
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH braes
Nearest frequency peer: braes (+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 “botrytis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- boffin
boffin
6,520 corpus weight
- bookselling
bookselling
6,517 corpus weight
- botrytis
botrytis
6,513 corpus weight
- braes
braes
6,511 corpus weight
- braise
braise
6,509 corpus weight
- bricklaying
bricklaying
6,504 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “botrytis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | botrytis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “botrytis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
botrytis is uncommon English at frequency #93,488 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any fungus of the genus Botrytis, especially Botrytis cinerea which is responsible for the formation of noble rot on grapes.".
Zero misspellings are on record for botrytis in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From translingual Botrytis. Blend of Ancient Greek βότρυς (bótrus) + -itis, from Ancient Greek βότρυς (bótrus, “(bunch of) grapes”) + -itis (“disease”) (from New Latin -itis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis, “pertaining to”)). The correct English form is botrytis, spelled B-O-T-R-Y-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1Any fungus of the genus Botrytis, especially Botrytis cinerea which is responsible for the formation of noble rot on grapes.
Etymology
From translingual Botrytis. Blend of Ancient Greek βότρυς (bótrus) + -itis, from Ancient Greek βότρυς (bótrus, “(bunch of) grapes”) + -itis (“disease”) (from New Latin -itis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis, “pertaining to”)).
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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