laparoscopy
/lapəˈɹɒskəpi/
"laparoscopy" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“laparoscopy” is uncommon English (frequency #76,933 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,933
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity using a laparoscope.
Corpus desk
Index EN-laparoscopy · laparoscopy · English
laparoscopy · rank #76,933 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,933
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH landward
Nearest frequency peer: landward (-2 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 “laparoscopy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kura
Kura
23,073 corpus weight
- Lancia
Lancia
23,071 corpus weight
- landward
landward
23,070 corpus weight
- laparoscopy
laparoscopy
23,068 corpus weight
- Lawford
Lawford
23,066 corpus weight
- lede
lede
23,064 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “laparoscopy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laparoscopy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lapəˈɹɒskəpi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #76,933 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “laparoscopy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
laparoscopy is uncommon English at frequency #76,933 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /lapəˈɹɒskəpi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity using a laparoscope.".
laparoscopy doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From laparo- (“flank”) + -scopy, after German Laparoskopie. The correct English form is laparoscopy, spelled L-A-P-A-R-O-S-C-O-P-Y.
Definition
- 1Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity using a laparoscope.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how laparoscopy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: laparoscopic surgery
Etymology
From laparo- (“flank”) + -scopy, after German Laparoskopie.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).