encephalomyelitis
/ɛnˌsɛfələˌmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/noun
encephalomyelitis is spelled E-N-C-E-P-H-A-L-O-M-Y-E-L-I-T-I-S: 17 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, encephalomyelitis means “Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of encephalomyelitis is encephalomyelitides.
How many letters and syllables are in encephalomyelitis?
| Letters | 17: E-N-C-E-P-H-A-L-O-M-Y-E-L-I-T-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 103,949th 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 encephalomyelitis?
Encephalomyelitis appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th 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 encephalomyelitis?
- /ɛnˌsɛfələˌmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-encephalomyelitis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of encephalomyelitis
- encephalomyelitides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does encephalomyelitis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Encephalomyelitis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inflammation of the brain and spinal cord:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | encefalomielitis |
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 encephalomyelitis come from?
From encephalo- + myelitis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).