hyperplasia
/ˌhaɪ.pɚˈpleɪ.ʒə/
"hyperplasia" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hyperplasia” is uncommon English (frequency #53,611 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,611
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An increase in the size of a tissue or organ due to increased number of cells.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hyperplasia · hyperplasia · English
hyperplasia · rank #53,611 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,611
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hypertensive
Nearest frequency peer: hypertensive (+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 “hyperplasia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- howitzer
howitzer
46,395 corpus weight
- hugger
hugger
46,393 corpus weight
- Humvee
Humvee
46,392 corpus weight
- hyperplasia
hyperplasia
46,390 corpus weight
- hypertensive
hypertensive
46,389 corpus weight
- IAF
IAF
46,387 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hyperplasia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hyperplasia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈpleɪ.ʒə/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hyperplasia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hyperplasia is uncommon English at frequency #53,611 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈpleɪ.ʒə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An increase in the size of a tissue or organ due to increased number of cells.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hyperplasia, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hyper- + -plasia. The correct English form is hyperplasia, spelled H-Y-P-E-R-P-L-A-S-I-A.
Definition
- 1An increase in the size of a tissue or organ due to increased number of cells.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hyperplasia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But we can no longer regard the mere fact of these diffuse condensations of the lung becoming yellow and caseous as an evidence of their tuberculous nature, especially since the pathological anatomists, and among them Virchow, have shown that formations of the most different kind, having not the slightest connection with tubercule— as, for example, old ca…
Etymology
From hyper- + -plasia.
Synonyms
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.
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