miner's disease
"miner-s-disease" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“miner's disease” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several diseases notably found among miners, either formerly or still so.
Corpus desk
Index EN-miner-s-disease · miner's disease · English
miner's disease · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | miner's disease |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “miner's disease” in English
Rare enough to double-check
miner's disease is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
miner's disease doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From incidence or prevalence among miners, either formerly or still so. The correct English form is miner's disease, spelled M-I-N-E-R-'-S- -D-I-S-E-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Any of several diseases notably found among miners, either formerly or still so.
- 2Any of several diseases notably found among miners, either formerly or still so.
- 3Any of several diseases notably found among miners, either formerly or still so.
- 4Any of several diseases notably found among miners, either formerly or still so.
Etymology
From incidence or prevalence among miners, either formerly or still so.
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.