nephritis
/nɪˈfraɪtɪs/
"nephritis" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nephritis” is uncommon English (frequency #80,702 among 24,391 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,702
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inflammation of the kidney.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nephritis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /nɪˈfraɪtɪs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,702 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nephritis” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nephritis is uncommon English at frequency #80,702 among 24,391 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /nɪˈfraɪtɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation of the kidney.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nephritis, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Internationalism. From nephr- + -itis. The correct English form is nephritis, spelled N-E-P-H-R-I-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1Inflammation of the kidney.
Etymology
Internationalism. From nephr- + -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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-E-P-H-R-I-T-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.