cirrhosis
/sɪˈɹoʊ.sɪs/
"cirrhosis" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cirrhosis” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,569. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,569
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A chronic disease of the liver caused by damage from toxins (including alcohol), metabolic problems, hepatitis, or nutritional deprivation, characterised by an increase in fibrous tissue and the de...
Corpus desk
Index EN-cirrhosis · cirrhosis · English
cirrhosis · rank #33,569 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,569
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH cinematograph…
Nearest frequency peer: cinematographer (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cirrhosis”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Chisholm
Chisholm
66,436 corpus weight
- christening
christening
66,435 corpus weight
- cinematogra…
cinematographer
66,433 corpus weight
- cirrhosis
cirrhosis
66,432 corpus weight
- cladding
cladding
66,430 corpus weight
- Clapton
Clapton
66,429 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cirrhosis” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cirrhosis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɪˈɹoʊ.sɪs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #33,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cirrhosis” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around cirrhosis (IPA /sɪˈɹoʊ.sɪs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,569 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cirrhosis, with forms such as "ccirrhosis", "cirhosis", and "cirhrosis". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek κιρρός (kirrhós, “tawny”) and -osis. The correct English form is cirrhosis, spelled C-I-R-R-H-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1A chronic disease of the liver caused by damage from toxins (including alcohol), metabolic problems, hepatitis, or nutritional deprivation, characterised by an increase in fibrous tissue and the destruction of liver cells.
- 2Interstitial inflammation of kidneys, lungs, and other organs.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κιρρός (kirrhós, “tawny”) and -osis.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccirrhosis
- cirhosis
- cirhrosis
- cirrhhosis
- cirrhoiss
- cirrhosiss
- cirrhossi
- cirrhossis
- cirrhsois
- cirrohsis
- crirhosis
- icrrhosis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cirrhosis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cirrhosis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.