pathologic
"pathologic" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pathologic” is uncommon English (frequency #59,609 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,609
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caused by or related to disease, pathology.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pathologic · pathologic · English
pathologic · rank #59,609 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,609
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH paseo
Nearest frequency peer: paseo (-2 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 “pathologic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- partway
partway
40,396 corpus weight
- Pascual
Pascual
40,395 corpus weight
- paseo
paseo
40,394 corpus weight
- pathologic
pathologic
40,392 corpus weight
- peaceable
peaceable
40,389 corpus weight
- peacebuildi…
peacebuilding
40,388 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pathologic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pathologic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pathologic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pathologic is uncommon English at frequency #59,609 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caused by or related to disease, pathology.".
pathologic doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 Ancient Greek παθολογικός (pathologikós), corresponding to pathology + -ic. The correct English form is pathologic, spelled P-A-T-H-O-L-O-G-I-C.
Definition
- 1Caused by or related to disease, pathology.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παθολογικός (pathologikós), corresponding to pathology + -ic.
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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).