histopathology
"histopathology" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“histopathology” is uncommon English (frequency #82,383 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,383
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The microscopic study of tissue, especially of abnormal tissue as a result of disease.
Corpus desk
Index EN-histopathology · histopathology · English
histopathology · rank #82,383 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,383
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH hibachi
Nearest frequency peer: hibachi (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “histopathology”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Hebe
Hebe
17,623 corpus weight
- Hesperia
Hesperia
17,621 corpus weight
- heteronorma…
heteronormative
17,620 corpus weight
- hibachi
hibachi
17,619 corpus weight
- histopathol…
histopathology
17,618 corpus weight
- hoagie
hoagie
17,614 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “histopathology” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | histopathology |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #82,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “histopathology” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
histopathology is uncommon English at frequency #82,383 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The microscopic study of tissue, especially of abnormal tissue as a result of disease.".
histopathology has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From histo- + pathology. The correct English form is histopathology, spelled H-I-S-T-O-P-A-T-H-O-L-O-G-Y.
Definition
- 1The microscopic study of tissue, especially of abnormal tissue as a result of disease.
Etymology
From histo- + pathology.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "histopathology", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.