chiropody
noun
chiropody is spelled C-H-I-R-O-P-O-D-Y: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chiropody means “The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the feet (and formerly the hands)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in chiropody?
| Letters | 9: C-H-I-R-O-P-O-D-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is chiropody?
Chiropody appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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 chiropody?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-chiropody.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does chiropody mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the feet (and formerly the hands).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does chiropody come from?
From chiro- (“hand”) + pod- (“foot”) + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).