histoplasmosis
noun
histoplasmosis is spelled H-I-S-T-O-P-L-A-S-M-O-S-I-S: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, histoplasmosis means “A lung disease caused by a fungus, Histoplasma capsulatum, often asymptomatic otherwise with symptoms similar to those of flu” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of histoplasmosis is histoplasmoses.
How many letters and syllables are in histoplasmosis?
| Letters | 14: H-I-S-T-O-P-L-A-S-M-O-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is histoplasmosis?
Histoplasmosis appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of histoplasmosis
- histoplasmoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does histoplasmosis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A lung disease caused by a fungus, Histoplasma capsulatum, often asymptomatic otherwise with symptoms similar to those of flu.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate histoplasmosis?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of histoplasmosis: histo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).