cyclothymia
"cyclothymia" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cyclothymia” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A chronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cyclothymia · cyclothymia · English
cyclothymia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cyclothymia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cyclothymia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cyclothymia is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A chronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cyclothymia, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Internationalism. By surface analysis, cyclo- + -thymia. The correct English form is cyclothymia, spelled C-Y-C-L-O-T-H-Y-M-I-A.
Definition
- 1A chronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cyclothymia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A study using the BAR assessment tool criteria found that cyclothymia had the best overall clinical utility for case finding and screening when focusing on depressed youths with an early transition to bipolar.
Etymology
Internationalism. By surface analysis, cyclo- + -thymia.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.