cystitis
/sɪsˈtaɪtɪs/
"cystitis" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cystitis” is uncommon English (frequency #75,779 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,779
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation of the urinary bladder.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cystitis · cystitis · English
cystitis · rank #75,779 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,779
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cyclically
Nearest frequency peer: cyclically (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “cystitis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cultic
cultic
24,227 corpus weight
- curcumin
curcumin
24,226 corpus weight
- cyclically
cyclically
24,223 corpus weight
- cystitis
cystitis
24,222 corpus weight
- Czechoslova…
Czechoslovakian
24,221 corpus weight
- daimyo
daimyo
24,219 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cystitis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cystitis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɪsˈtaɪtɪs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cystitis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cystitis is uncommon English at frequency #75,779 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /sɪsˈtaɪtɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation of the urinary bladder.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cystitis, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cyst + -itis. The correct English form is cystitis, spelled C-Y-S-T-I-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1Inflammation of the urinary bladder.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cystitis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Partying involves taking the tube home two days late, in a damp silk dress, ravenous, reeking of Moët, sweat and stale Shalimar, a bunch of plastic cocktail twizzlers in your clutch bag, with glitter on your face and extreme dehydration, followed by a 20-hour sleep and three days of cystitis.
Etymology
From cyst + -itis.
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); 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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