hyponatremia
/ˌhʌɪ.pəʊ.nəˈtɹiː.mi.ə/
"hyponatremia" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hyponatremia” is uncommon English (frequency #88,442 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,442
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An abnormally low concentration of sodium in blood plasma.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hyponatremia · hyponatremia · English
hyponatremia · rank #88,442 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,442
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hyperventilat…
Nearest frequency peer: hyperventilation (-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 “hyponatremia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hydrofoil
hydrofoil
11,562 corpus weight
- Hypatia
Hypatia
11,561 corpus weight
- hyperventil…
hyperventilation
11,560 corpus weight
- hyponatremia
hyponatremia
11,559 corpus weight
- hysteric
hysteric
11,558 corpus weight
- ibr
ibr
11,556 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hyponatremia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hyponatremia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌhʌɪ.pəʊ.nəˈtɹiː.mi.ə/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #88,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hyponatremia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hyponatremia is uncommon English at frequency #88,442 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌhʌɪ.pəʊ.nəˈtɹiː.mi.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An abnormally low concentration of sodium in blood plasma.".
hyponatremia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hypo- + natremia or hypo- + natr- + -emia. The correct English form is hyponatremia, spelled H-Y-P-O-N-A-T-R-E-M-I-A.
Definition
- 1An abnormally low concentration of sodium in blood plasma.
Etymology
From hypo- + natremia or hypo- + natr- + -emia.
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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