pathogenicity
/ˌpæθəd͡ʒəˈnɪsɪti/
"pathogenicity" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pathogenicity” is uncommon English (frequency #84,598 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,598
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality or state of causing, originating or producing disease.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pathogenicity · pathogenicity · English
pathogenicity · rank #84,598 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,598
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Pavlovian
Nearest frequency peer: Pavlovian (+3 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 “pathogenicity”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Paderborn
Paderborn
15,408 corpus weight
- Pangasinan
Pangasinan
15,407 corpus weight
- pathogenici…
pathogenicity
15,403 corpus weight
- Pavlovian
Pavlovian
15,400 corpus weight
- pendulous
pendulous
15,398 corpus weight
- pericardium
pericardium
15,396 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pathogenicity” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pathogenicity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌpæθəd͡ʒəˈnɪsɪti/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #84,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pathogenicity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pathogenicity is uncommon English at frequency #84,598 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌpæθəd͡ʒəˈnɪsɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality or state of causing, originating or producing disease.".
Zero misspellings are on record for pathogenicity in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pathogenic + -ity. The correct English form is pathogenicity, spelled P-A-T-H-O-G-E-N-I-C-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality or state of causing, originating or producing disease.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pathogenicity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On the other hand, it can be observed that, with small exceptions, the S. pneumonia strains are the only Streptococci equipped with homospermidine biosynthesis and pyruvate oxidation pathways, which have been found to be involved in pathogenicity mechanisms [50 ] and in the counteraction of oxidative stress [51 ].
Etymology
From pathogenic + -ity.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).