# diabetes

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/ · frequency rank #5,413

## Definitions
1. Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.
2. Any food or beverage with a high amount of sugar.
3. Diabetes insipidus; any condition characterized by excessive or incontinent urine, now specifically as caused by impaired production of, or response to, the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin.

## Etymology
From Latin diabētēs (“siphon”), from Ancient Greek διαβήτης (diabḗtēs), from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”).

## Easily confused with
- **diameter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diabetes-vs-diameter)
- **diabetic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diabetes-vs-diabetic)

## Common misspellings (11)
`daibetes`, `ddiabetes`, `diabbetes`, `diabeets`, `diabetess`, `diabetse`, `diabettes`, `diabtees`, `diaebtes`, `dibaetes`, `idabetes`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/diabetes