herpesvirus
"herpesvirus" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“herpesvirus” is uncommon English (frequency #97,105 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,105
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of the family Herpesviridae, double-stranded DNA viruses, many of which are responsible for diseases such as chickenpox, herpes simplex, and shingles, and others affecting animals.
Corpus desk
Index EN-herpesvirus · herpesvirus · English
herpesvirus · rank #97,105 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,105
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hern
Nearest frequency peer: hern (-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 “herpesvirus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Heraklion
Heraklion
2,899 corpus weight
- hern
hern
2,897 corpus weight
- herpesvirus
herpesvirus
2,896 corpus weight
- heterotroph…
heterotrophic
2,894 corpus weight
- Hettie
Hettie
2,893 corpus weight
- hieroglyph
hieroglyph
2,891 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “herpesvirus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herpesvirus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #97,105 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “herpesvirus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
herpesvirus is uncommon English at frequency #97,105 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of the family Herpesviridae, double-stranded DNA viruses, many of which are responsible for diseases such as chickenpox, herpes simplex, and shingles, and others affecting animals.".
Zero misspellings are on record for herpesvirus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From herpes + virus. The correct English form is herpesvirus, spelled H-E-R-P-E-S-V-I-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1Any of the family Herpesviridae, double-stranded DNA viruses, many of which are responsible for diseases such as chickenpox, herpes simplex, and shingles, and others affecting animals.
Etymology
From herpes + virus.
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).