pellagra
/pɪˈlaɡɹə/noun
pellagra is spelled P-E-L-L-A-G-R-A: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pellagra means “A disease characterised by skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pellagra is pellagras.
How many letters and syllables are in pellagra?
| Letters | 8: P-E-L-L-A-G-R-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pellagra?
Pellagra appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd 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 pellagra?
- UK /pɪˈlaɡɹə/
- UK /pɛˈlaɡɹə/
Pellagra has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pellagra.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pellagra2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pellagra?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pellagra from its last stressed vowel (/aɡɹə/, British pronunciation):
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).
Forms of pellagra
- pellagras plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pellagra mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A disease characterised by skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pellagra in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense disease:
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 pellagra come from?
From Italian pellagra, from Latin pellis (“skin”) + Ancient Greek ἄγρα (ágra, “seizure, attack, catching”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).