gastritis
"gastritis" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gastritis” is uncommon English (frequency #60,824 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,824
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation of the lining of the stomach, characterised by nausea, loss of appetite, and upper abdominal discomfort or pain.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gastritis · gastritis · English
gastritis · rank #60,824 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,824
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gassy
Nearest frequency peer: gassy (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “gastritis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Galton
Galton
39,181 corpus weight
- gans
gans
39,180 corpus weight
- gargle
gargle
39,179 corpus weight
- gassy
gassy
39,178 corpus weight
- gastritis
gastritis
39,177 corpus weight
- Germania
Germania
39,175 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gastritis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gastritis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #60,824 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gastritis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gastritis is uncommon English at frequency #60,824 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation of the lining of the stomach, characterised by nausea, loss of appetite, and upper abdominal discomfort or pain.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gastritis, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: gastr- + -itis, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr). The correct English form is gastritis, spelled G-A-S-T-R-I-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1Inflammation of the lining of the stomach, characterised by nausea, loss of appetite, and upper abdominal discomfort or pain.
Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: gastr- + -itis, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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