hypochondriac
/ˌhaɪpəʊˈkɒndɹiæk/
"hypochondriac" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hypochondriac” is uncommon English (frequency #66,736 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,736
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Related to, or affected by hypochondria.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hypochondriac · hypochondriac · English
hypochondriac · rank #66,736 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,736
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hywel
Nearest frequency peer: Hywel (+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 “hypochondriac”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hoppe
Hoppe
33,272 corpus weight
- hypochondri…
hypochondriac
33,265 corpus weight
- Hywel
Hywel
33,264 corpus weight
- idler
idler
33,262 corpus weight
- ignominy
ignominy
33,260 corpus weight
- Inaba
Inaba
33,258 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hypochondriac” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hypochondriac |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌhaɪpəʊˈkɒndɹiæk/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #66,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hypochondriac” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hypochondriac is uncommon English at frequency #66,736 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌhaɪpəʊˈkɒndɹiæk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hypochondriac, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French hypocondriaque, from Ancient Greek ὑποχονδριακός (hupokhondriakós, “of the region between the ribs and navel”), from ὑποχόνδριος (hupokhóndrios, “the space between the ribs and the navel”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + χόνδρος (khóndros, “cartilag… The correct English form is hypochondriac, spelled H-Y-P-O-C-H-O-N-D-R-I-A-C.
Definition
- 1Related to, or affected by hypochondria.
- 2Related to, or located in the hypochondrium.
Etymology
From French hypocondriaque, from Ancient Greek ὑποχονδριακός (hupokhondriakós, “of the region between the ribs and navel”), from ὑποχόνδριος (hupokhóndrios, “the space between the ribs and the navel”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + χόνδρος (khóndros, “cartilage”). See also hypochondrium, hypochondria, and Wikipedia at hypochondriasis § Etymology.
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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