nephropathy
"nephropathy" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nephropathy” is uncommon English (frequency #70,952 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,952
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nephropathy · nephropathy · English
nephropathy · rank #70,952 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,952
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH neoplasm
Nearest frequency peer: neoplasm (-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 “nephropathy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- nativist
nativist
29,054 corpus weight
- necking
necking
29,053 corpus weight
- neoplasm
neoplasm
29,050 corpus weight
- nephropathy
nephropathy
29,049 corpus weight
- nervy
nervy
29,048 corpus weight
- nicking
nicking
29,045 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “nephropathy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nephropathy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #70,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nephropathy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nephropathy is uncommon English at frequency #70,952 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys.".
Zero misspellings are on record for nephropathy in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From nephro- + -pathy. The correct English form is nephropathy, spelled N-E-P-H-R-O-P-A-T-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Damage to, disease of, or abnormality of the kidneys.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nephropathy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The recorded causes of kidney disease were as follows: diabetic nephropathy (in 21% of the patients), nephroangiosclerosis and glomerulonephritis (18%), interstitial nephropathy (7%), hypertensive nephropathy (5%), polykystosis (5%) and other recorded diagnoses (hereditary disease, solitary kidney, dysglobulinemia, and systemic disease) (22%).
Etymology
From nephro- + -pathy.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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