cryptosporidiosis
/kɹip.toʊ.spɔɹ.i.diˈoʊ.səs/noun
cryptosporidiosis is spelled C-R-Y-P-T-O-S-P-O-R-I-D-I-O-S-I-S: 17 letters and 7 syllables. It appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cryptosporidiosis means “A disease affecting the intestines of mammals that is caused by cryptosporidium, a protozoan parasite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in cryptosporidiosis?
| Letters | 17: C-R-Y-P-T-O-S-P-O-R-I-D-I-O-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 7 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 42 million words; the 199,120th 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 cryptosporidiosis?
Cryptosporidiosis appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th 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 cryptosporidiosis?
- US /kɹip.toʊ.spɔɹ.i.diˈoʊ.səs/
Cryptosporidiosis has 7 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with cryptosporidiosis?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cryptosporidiosis from its last stressed vowel (/oʊsəs/):
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).
What does cryptosporidiosis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A disease affecting the intestines of mammals that is caused by cryptosporidium, a protozoan parasite.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate cryptosporidiosis?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of cryptosporidiosis: crypto.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cryptosporidiosis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense disease:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | criptosporidíase |
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 cryptosporidiosis come from?
From cryptosporidium + -osis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).