hydropsy
/ˈhaɪdɹɒpsi/
"hydropsy" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hydropsy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Edema, dropsy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hydropsy · hydropsy · English
hydropsy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hydropsy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhaɪdɹɒpsi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hydropsy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hydropsy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhaɪdɹɒpsi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Edema, dropsy.".
hydropsy doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is hydropsy, spelled H-Y-D-R-O-P-S-Y.
Definition
- 1Edema, dropsy.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.