hyperglycemia
"hyperglycemia" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hyperglycemia” is uncommon English (frequency #65,977 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,977
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Corpus desk
Index EN-hyperglycemia · hyperglycemia · English
hyperglycemia · rank #65,977 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,977
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH icebox
Nearest frequency peer: icebox (+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 “hyperglycemia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hovel
hovel
34,029 corpus weight
- Hughie
Hughie
34,028 corpus weight
- Hurston
Hurston
34,026 corpus weight
- hyperglycem…
hyperglycemia
34,024 corpus weight
- icebox
icebox
34,023 corpus weight
- Ileana
Ileana
34,022 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hyperglycemia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hyperglycemia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #65,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hyperglycemia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hyperglycemia is uncommon English at frequency #65,977 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hyperglycemia, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hyper- + glycemia or hyper- + glyc + -emia. The correct English form is hyperglycemia, spelled H-Y-P-E-R-G-L-Y-C-E-M-I-A.
Definition
- 1An unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
Etymology
From hyper- + glycemia or hyper- + glyc + -emia.
Antonyms
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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 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).