cryptosporidium
"cryptosporidium" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cryptosporidium” is uncommon English (frequency #94,729 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,729
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium, intestinal parasites of humans and other vertebrates that can cause diarrhea and other symptoms in cases of low immunity.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cryptosporidium |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #94,729 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cryptosporidium” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cryptosporidium is uncommon English at frequency #94,729 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium, intestinal parasites of humans and other vertebrates that can cause diarrhea and other symptoms in cases of low immunity.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cryptosporidium, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From translingual Cryptosporidium (the genus name), from Latin crypto- (“hidden”) + sporidium (“spore”). From 20th century. The correct English form is cryptosporidium, spelled C-R-Y-P-T-O-S-P-O-R-I-D-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Any protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium, intestinal parasites of humans and other vertebrates that can cause diarrhea and other symptoms in cases of low immunity.
Etymology
From translingual Cryptosporidium (the genus name), from Latin crypto- (“hidden”) + sporidium (“spore”). From 20th century.
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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- The one correct English spelling is C-R-Y-P-T-O-S-P-O-R-I-D-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.