parasitosis
noun
parasitosis is spelled P-A-R-A-S-I-T-O-S-I-S: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, parasitosis means “Infestation with parasites” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of parasitosis is parasitoses.
How many letters and syllables are in parasitosis?
| Letters | 11: P-A-R-A-S-I-T-O-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 78 million words; the 279,513th 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 parasitosis?
Parasitosis appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th 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 parasitosis
- parasitoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does parasitosis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Infestation with parasites.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does parasitosis come from?
From parasite + -osis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).