hypostasis
/haɪˈpɒstəsɪs/
"hypostasis" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hypostasis” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A sedimentary deposit, especially in urine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hypostasis · hypostasis · English
hypostasis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hypostasis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /haɪˈpɒstəsɪs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hypostasis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hypostasis is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /haɪˈpɒstəsɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hypostasis, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 Ecclesiastical Latin hypostasis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόστασις (hupóstasis, “sediment, foundation; substance, existence, essence”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + στάσις (stásis, “standing”). Morphologically hypo- + -stasis. The correct English form is hypostasis, spelled H-Y-P-O-S-T-A-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1A sedimentary deposit, especially in urine.
- 2The essential person, specifically the single person of Christ (as distinguished from his two ‘natures’, human and divine), or of the three ‘persons’ of the Trinity (sharing a single ‘essence’).
- 3The underlying reality or substance of something.
- 4The underlying reality or substance of something.
- 5The underlying reality or substance of something.
- 6The effect of one gene preventing another from expressing.
- 7Postmortem lividity; livor mortis; suggillation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hypostasis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Phi[sitian]. I view’d your vrine, and the Hipoſtates ^([sic – meaning Hipoſtaſis]) / Thick and obſcure doth make your danger great, […]
Thus the kidneys also have their particular excrement which is contained in it and is the hypostasis (deposit).
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin hypostasis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόστασις (hupóstasis, “sediment, foundation; substance, existence, essence”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + στάσις (stásis, “standing”). Morphologically hypo- + -stasis.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.