hemostasis
/ˌhiːməˈsteɪsɪs/
"hemostasis" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hemostasis” is uncommon English (frequency #92,683 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,683
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The process of keeping blood inside a damaged vessel to stop bleeding.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hemostasis · hemostasis · English
hemostasis · rank #92,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,683
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hematological
Nearest frequency peer: hematological (-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 “hemostasis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- haematoma
haematoma
7,326 corpus weight
- Haganah
Haganah
7,325 corpus weight
- helder
helder
7,320 corpus weight
- hematologic…
hematological
7,319 corpus weight
- hemostasis
hemostasis
7,318 corpus weight
- herdman
herdman
7,317 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hemostasis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hemostasis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌhiːməˈsteɪsɪs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #92,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hemostasis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hemostasis is uncommon English at frequency #92,683 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌhiːməˈsteɪsɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The process of keeping blood inside a damaged vessel to stop bleeding.".
No misspelling variants are generated for hemostasis in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hemo- + stasis. From Ancient Greek αἱμόστασις (haimóstasis, “styptic drug”). The correct English form is hemostasis, spelled H-E-M-O-S-T-A-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1The process of keeping blood inside a damaged vessel to stop bleeding.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hemostasis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A complete hemostasis is achieved with a minimal risk of injury to the trachea when using level 3 with the blunt side of the active blade.
Etymology
From hemo- + stasis. From Ancient Greek αἱμόστασις (haimóstasis, “styptic drug”).
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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