ketoacidosis
"ketoacidosis" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ketoacidosis” is uncommon English (frequency #83,411 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,411
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ketoacidosis · ketoacidosis · English
ketoacidosis · rank #83,411 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,411
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kerwin
Nearest frequency peer: Kerwin (-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 “ketoacidosis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Keeney
Keeney
16,596 corpus weight
- Keiji
Keiji
16,595 corpus weight
- Kerwin
Kerwin
16,591 corpus weight
- ketoacidosis
ketoacidosis
16,590 corpus weight
- Khalaf
Khalaf
16,589 corpus weight
- kine
kine
16,583 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ketoacidosis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ketoacidosis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #83,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ketoacidosis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ketoacidosis is uncommon English at frequency #83,411 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ketoacidosis, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From keto- + acidosis. The correct English form is ketoacidosis, spelled K-E-T-O-A-C-I-D-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
Etymology
From keto- + acidosis.
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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