osteochondritis
noun
osteochondritis is spelled O-S-T-E-O-C-H-O-N-D-R-I-T-I-S: 15 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, osteochondritis means “inflammation of a bone and its cartilage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of osteochondritis is osteochondritides or osteochondritises.
How many letters and syllables are in osteochondritis?
| Letters | 15: O-S-T-E-O-C-H-O-N-D-R-I-T-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is osteochondritis?
Osteochondritis appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of osteochondritis
- osteochondritides plural
- osteochondritises plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does osteochondritis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
inflammation of a bone and its cartilage
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does osteochondritis come from?
From osteo- + chondritis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).