orthostatic
"orthostatic" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“orthostatic” is uncommon English (frequency #86,602 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,602
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relating to orthostasis or orthostatism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-orthostatic · orthostatic · English
orthostatic · rank #86,602 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,602
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH orogeny
Nearest frequency peer: orogeny (-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 “orthostatic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Olmos
Olmos
13,406 corpus weight
- oppositely
oppositely
13,403 corpus weight
- orogeny
orogeny
13,400 corpus weight
- orthostatic
orthostatic
13,399 corpus weight
- outscore
outscore
13,397 corpus weight
- outshone
outshone
13,396 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “orthostatic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | orthostatic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #86,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “orthostatic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
orthostatic is uncommon English at frequency #86,602 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
orthostatic doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ortho- + static. The correct English form is orthostatic, spelled O-R-T-H-O-S-T-A-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Relating to orthostasis or orthostatism.
- 2Relating to an orthostat.
Etymology
From ortho- + static.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).