mycosis
/maɪˈkoʊsɪs/
"mycosis" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mycosis” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An infection caused by a fungus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mycosis · mycosis · English
mycosis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | mycosis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /maɪˈkoʊsɪs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mycosis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mycosis is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /maɪˈkoʊsɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An infection caused by a fungus.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mycosis in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From myc- + -osis. The correct English form is mycosis, spelled M-Y-C-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1An infection caused by a fungus.
Etymology
From myc- + -osis.
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.