logorrhoea

noun

"logorrhoea" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“logorrhoea” 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) - Alternative spelling of logorrhea.

Corpus desk

Index EN-logorrhoea · logorrhoea · English

logorrhoea · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for logorrhoea
PropertyValue
Headwordlogorrhoea
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “logorrhoea” in English

logorrhoeafalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

logorrhoea is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of logorrhea.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for logorrhoea, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From logo- + -rrhoea; see logorrhea. The correct English form is logorrhoea, spelled L-O-G-O-R-R-H-O-E-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of logorrhea.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how logorrhoea appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The baritone is angry, but still controlled: he does not indulge in compulsive over-rapid spurts of logorrhoeas but keeps to a 'chopped, short, hard, very pointed' staccato-like delivery, excited, but well articulated through interruptions of differing lengths.
  2. The quantity of speech may be increased in mania and anxiety but reduced in dementia, schizophrenia and depression. [...] In logorrhoea, also called volubility, the speech is fluent and rambling, with the use of many words.

Etymology

From logo- + -rrhoea; see logorrhea.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "logorrhoea"?
"logorrhoea" is spelled L-O-G-O-R-R-H-O-E-A.
What does "logorrhoea" mean?
As a noun, "logorrhoea" means: Alternative spelling of logorrhea.
What is the origin of the word "logorrhoea"?
From logo- + -rrhoea; see logorrhea. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list