hyperglycemia

noun

"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

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “hyperglycemia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hyperglycemia
PropertyValue
Headwordhyperglycemia
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#65,977
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “hyperglycemia” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).hyperglycemiafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “icebox” (#65,978), “Hurston” (#65,975), “Ileana” (#65,979). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “hyperglycemia” is #65,977. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    An unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood

Etymology

From hyper- + glycemia or hyper- + glyc + -emia.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hyperglycemia"?
"hyperglycemia" is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-G-L-Y-C-E-M-I-A.
What does "hyperglycemia" mean?
As a noun, "hyperglycemia" means: An unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood
What is the origin of the word "hyperglycemia"?
From hyper- + glycemia or hyper- + glyc + -emia. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list