electrotherapy
noun
electrotherapy is spelled E-L-E-C-T-R-O-T-H-E-R-A-P-Y: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, electrotherapy means “The use of electrical energy as a medical treatment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of electrotherapy is electrotherapies.
How many letters and syllables are in electrotherapy?
| Letters | 14: E-L-E-C-T-R-O-T-H-E-R-A-P-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is electrotherapy?
Electrotherapy appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce electrotherapy?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-electrotherapy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of electrotherapy
- electrotherapies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does electrotherapy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The use of electrical energy as a medical treatment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Electrotherapy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense use of electrical energy as a medical treatment:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | électrothérapie |
| German | Elektrotherapie |
| Portuguese | eletroterapia |
| Spanish | electroterapia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does electrotherapy come from?
From electro- + therapy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).