cellulitis
/ˌsɛl.jʊˈlaɪ.tɪs/
"cellulitis" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cellulitis” is uncommon English (frequency #82,162 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,162
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cellulitis · cellulitis · English
cellulitis · rank #82,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,162
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH CD3
Nearest frequency peer: CD3 (-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 “cellulitis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- catfight
catfight
17,845 corpus weight
- CD3
CD3
17,840 corpus weight
- cellulitis
cellulitis
17,839 corpus weight
- cephalic
cephalic
17,837 corpus weight
- Charleroi
Charleroi
17,836 corpus weight
- chay
chay
17,833 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cellulitis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cellulitis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌsɛl.jʊˈlaɪ.tɪs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #82,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cellulitis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cellulitis is uncommon English at frequency #82,162 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌsɛl.jʊˈlaɪ.tɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection.".
cellulitis has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from New Latin cellulitis. By surface analysis, cellule + -itis. Doublet of cellulite. First attested in the 1840s. The correct English form is cellulitis, spelled C-E-L-L-U-L-I-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1An inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin cellulitis. By surface analysis, cellule + -itis. Doublet of cellulite. First attested in the 1840s.
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); 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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