pathognomonic
/ˌpæθəɡnoʊˈmɑːnɪk/adjective
pathognomonic is spelled P-A-T-H-O-G-N-O-M-O-N-I-C. The wrong spelling people search most is pathonomonic: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 38 of all searches for the word. Pathognomonic is an adjective meaning “specifically characteristic or indicative of a particular disease or condition”.
How many letters and syllables are in pathognomonic?
| Letters | 13: P-A-T-H-O-G-N-O-M-O-N-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, pathonomonic, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell pathognomonic?
Pathognomonic is spelled P-A-T-H-O-G-N-O-M-O-N-I-C. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 38 of the searches for pathognomonic in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is pathognomonic?
Pathognomonic appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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).
How do you pronounce pathognomonic?
- UK /ˌpaθəɡnə(ʊ)ˈmɒnɪk/
- US /ˌpæθəɡnoʊˈmɑːnɪk/
- US /ˌpæθoʊnəˈmɑːnɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with pathognomonic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pathognomonic from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnɪk/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does pathognomonic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
specifically characteristic or indicative of a particular disease or condition.
A tetrad of rash, arthralgia, abdominal pain and kidney disease in a child is pathognomonic for Henoch-Schönlein purpura.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pathognomonic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Beyond any doubt diagnostic for a particular disease:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pathognomonique |
| German | pathognomonisch |
| Spanish | patognomónico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pathognomonic come from?
From Ancient Greek παθογνωμονικός (pathognōmonikós, “skilled in diagnosis”), from πάθος (páthos, “misfortune”) + γνωμονικός (gnōmonikós, “fit to judge of”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).