bursitis
/bɝˈsaɪ.tɪs/noun
bursitis is spelled B-U-R-S-I-T-I-S: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bursitis means “An inflammation of a bursa, most common in the shoulder, elbow or knee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bursitis is bursitides or bursitises.
How many letters and syllables are in bursitis?
| Letters | 8: B-U-R-S-I-T-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 81,375th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bursitis?
Bursitis appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bursitis?
- US /bɝˈsaɪ.tɪs/
Bursitis has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-bursitis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bursitis?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bursitis from its last stressed vowel (/aɪtɪs/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of bursitis
- bursitides plural
- bursitises plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bursitis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An inflammation of a bursa, most common in the shoulder, elbow or knee
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bursitis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inflammation of a bursa:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bursitis come from?
From bursa + -itis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).