logorrhea
/ˌlɒ.ɡəˈɹɪ.ə/
"logorrhea" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“logorrhea” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Excessive talkativeness.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | logorrhea |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌlɒ.ɡəˈɹɪ.ə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “logorrhea” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for logorrhea is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌlɒ.ɡəˈɹɪ.ə/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for logorrhea, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 logo- (prefix meaning ‘word; speech’) + -rrhea (suffix meaning ‘flowing’), probably modelled after verbal diarrhea. logo- is derived from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word; speech; utterance”) (from λέγω (légō, “to say, speak; to arrange; to gather”), … The correct English form is logorrhea, spelled L-O-G-O-R-R-H-E-A.
Definition
- 1Excessive talkativeness.
- 2Excessive use of words in writing; prolixity.
- 3Excessive and often uncontrollable speaking due to a mental disorder.
Etymology
From logo- (prefix meaning ‘word; speech’) + -rrhea (suffix meaning ‘flowing’), probably modelled after verbal diarrhea. logo- is derived from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word; speech; utterance”) (from λέγω (légō, “to say, speak; to arrange; to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”)), while -rrhea is from ῥοία (rhoía, “a flow, flux”) (from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”)).
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.
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Using “logorrhea”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-O-G-O-R-R-H-E-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌlɒ.ɡəˈɹɪ.ə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.