dermatophytosis
"dermatophytosis" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dermatophytosis” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A fungal infection of the skin caused by a dermatophyte, ringworm.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dermatophytosis · dermatophytosis · English
dermatophytosis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | dermatophytosis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dermatophytosis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dermatophytosis is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A fungal infection of the skin caused by a dermatophyte, ringworm.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dermatophytosis, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dermatophyte + -osis. The correct English form is dermatophytosis, spelled D-E-R-M-A-T-O-P-H-Y-T-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1A fungal infection of the skin caused by a dermatophyte, ringworm.
Etymology
From dermatophyte + -osis.
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.