gastroenteritis

noun

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"gastroenteritis" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“gastroenteritis” is uncommon English (frequency #60,111 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,111
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach and small intestine; often caused by an infection.

Corpus desk

Index EN-gastroenteritis · gastroenteritis · English

gastroenteritis · rank #60,111 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,111
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH ginkgo

Nearest frequency peer: ginkgo (+4 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 “gastroenteritis”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “gastroenteritis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gastroenteritis
PropertyValue
Headwordgastroenteritis
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Frequency rank#60,111
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “gastroenteritis” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).gastroenteritisfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “ginkgo” (#60,115), “Galahad” (#60,106), “Girardeau” (#60,116). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “gastroenteritis” is #60,111. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gastroenteritis is uncommon English at frequency #60,111 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach and small intestine; often caused by an infection.".

Zero misspellings are on record for gastroenteritis in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From gastro- + enteritis. The correct English form is gastroenteritis, spelled G-A-S-T-R-O-E-N-T-E-R-I-T-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach and small intestine; often caused by an infection.

Etymology

From gastro- + enteritis.

This word in other languages

gastro-entérite(Français)Brechdurchfall(Deutsch)gastroenterite(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gastroenteritis"?
"gastroenteritis" is spelled G-A-S-T-R-O-E-N-T-E-R-I-T-I-S.
What does "gastroenteritis" mean?
As a noun, "gastroenteritis" means: Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach and small intestine; often caused by an infection.
What is the origin of the word "gastroenteritis"?
From gastro- + enteritis. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gastroenteritis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

demographically#60,753interconnecting#60,883rationalisation#61,056cerebrovascular#62,038

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list