cellulitis
cel·lu·li·tis/ˌsɛl.jəˈlaɪ.tɪs/noun
cellulitis is spelled C-E-L-L-U-L-I-T-I-S: 10 letters and 4 syllables (cel·lu·li·tis). It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cellulitis means “An inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cellulitis is cellulitides or cellulitises.
How many letters and syllables are in cellulitis?
| Letters | 10: C-E-L-L-U-L-I-T-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: cel·lu·li·tis |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 82,325th 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 cellulitis?
Cellulitis appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th 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 cellulitis?
- UK /ˌsɛl.jʊˈlaɪ.tɪs/
- US /ˌsɛl.jəˈlaɪ.tɪs/
Cellulitis has 4 syllables, split cel·lu·li·tis in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-cellulitis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cellulitis?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cellulitis 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 cellulitis
- cellulitides plural
- cellulitises plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cellulitis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cellulitis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense subcutaneous inflammation:
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 cellulitis come from?
Learned borrowing from New Latin cellulitis. By surface analysis, cellule + -itis. Doublet of cellulite. First attested in the 1840s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).