herniated
"herniated" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“herniated” is uncommon English (frequency #58,743 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,743
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having or forming a hernia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-herniated · herniated · English
herniated · rank #58,743 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,743
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hemophilia
Nearest frequency peer: hemophilia (-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 “herniated”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hemophilia
hemophilia
41,259 corpus weight
- herniated
herniated
41,258 corpus weight
- Hershel
Hershel
41,257 corpus weight
- hissy
hissy
41,256 corpus weight
- hobble
hobble
41,255 corpus weight
- honcho
honcho
41,253 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “herniated” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herniated |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “herniated” in English
Rare enough to double-check
herniated is uncommon English at frequency #58,743 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having or forming a hernia.".
herniated doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: By surface analysis, herni- + -ate + -ed. The correct English form is herniated, spelled H-E-R-N-I-A-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having or forming a hernia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how herniated appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a herniated disk
Etymology
By surface analysis, herni- + -ate + -ed.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).