hypertensive
"hypertensive" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hypertensive” is uncommon English (frequency #53,612 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,612
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, or causing hypertension.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hypertensive · hypertensive · English
hypertensive · rank #53,612 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,612
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH hyperplasia
Nearest frequency peer: hyperplasia (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hypertensive”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- imperceptib…
imperceptible
46,384 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hypertensive” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hypertensive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #53,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hypertensive” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hypertensive is uncommon English at frequency #53,612 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, pertaining to, or causing hypertension.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hypertensive, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hyper- + tensive or hypertension + -ive. The correct English form is hypertensive, spelled H-Y-P-E-R-T-E-N-S-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Of, pertaining to, or causing hypertension.
Etymology
From hyper- + tensive or hypertension + -ive.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hypertensive", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.