esophagitis
noun
esophagitis is spelled E-S-O-P-H-A-G-I-T-I-S: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, esophagitis means “An inflammation of the oesophagus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of esophagitis is esophagitides.
How many letters and syllables are in esophagitis?
| Letters | 11: E-S-O-P-H-A-G-I-T-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st 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 esophagitis?
Esophagitis appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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 esophagitis?
- 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-esophagitis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of esophagitis
- esophagitides plural
- oesophagitis
- œsophagitis
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does esophagitis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USAn inflammation of the oesophagus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Esophagitis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inflammation of the oesophagus:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | œsophagite |
| Spanish | esofagitis |
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 esophagitis come from?
From esophag- + -itis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).