kyphosis
/kaɪˈfoʊ.sɪs/
"kyphosis" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kyphosis” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The normal convex curvature of the spine in the thoracic and sacral regions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kyphosis · kyphosis · English
kyphosis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | kyphosis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kaɪˈfoʊ.sɪs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kyphosis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kyphosis is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kaɪˈfoʊ.sɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for kyphosis in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύφωσις (kúphōsis). The correct English form is kyphosis, spelled K-Y-P-H-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1The normal convex curvature of the spine in the thoracic and sacral regions.
- 2An abnormal convex curvature of the spine in the cervical or lumbar regions of the spine.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύφωσις (kúphōsis).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.