hyperalgesia
/ˈhaɪ.pə(ɹ)ˌæl.dʒiːzɪə/noun
hyperalgesia is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-A-L-G-E-S-I-A. The wrong spelling people search most is hyperlagesia: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 139 of all searches for the word. Hyperalgesia is a noun meaning “An increased sensitivity to pain, which in one form is caused by damage to nociceptors in the body's soft…”. The plural of hyperalgesia is hyperalgesias.
How many letters and syllables are in hyperalgesia?
| Letters | 12: H-Y-P-E-R-A-L-G-E-S-I-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 138,319th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, hyperlagesia, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell hyperalgesia?
Hyperalgesia is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-A-L-G-E-S-I-A. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 138 of the searches for hyperalgesia in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is hyperalgesia?
Hyperalgesia appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th 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).
How do you pronounce hyperalgesia?
- UK /ˈhaɪ.pə(ɹ)ˌæl.dʒiːzɪə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hyperalgesia
- hyperalgesias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hyperalgesia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An increased sensitivity to pain, which in one form is caused by damage to nociceptors in the body's soft tissues.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hyperalgesia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an increased sensitivity to pain:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | hiperalgesia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hyperalgesia come from?
From hyper- + algesia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).