mastitis
/mæsˈtaɪtɪs/
"mastitis" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mastitis” is uncommon English (frequency #69,232 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,232
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation of a breast.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mastitis · mastitis · English
mastitis · rank #69,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,232
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH matriarchal
Nearest frequency peer: matriarchal (+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 “mastitis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- marts
marts
30,772 corpus weight
- Maryanne
Maryanne
30,771 corpus weight
- mastitis
mastitis
30,769 corpus weight
- matriarchal
matriarchal
30,768 corpus weight
- matta
matta
30,767 corpus weight
- Maytag
Maytag
30,766 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mastitis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mastitis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mæsˈtaɪtɪs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mastitis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mastitis is uncommon English at frequency #69,232 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mæsˈtaɪtɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation of a breast.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mastitis in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French mastite, derived from Ancient Greek masto- + -itis. The correct English form is mastitis, spelled M-A-S-T-I-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1Inflammation of a breast.
Etymology
From French mastite, derived from Ancient Greek masto- + -itis.
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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