pharyngitis
noun
pharyngitis is spelled P-H-A-R-Y-N-G-I-T-I-S: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pharyngitis means “Inflammation of the pharynx” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pharyngitis is pharyngitides.
How many letters and syllables are in pharyngitis?
| Letters | 11: P-H-A-R-Y-N-G-I-T-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th 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 pharyngitis?
Pharyngitis appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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 pharyngitis?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-pharyngitis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pharyngitis
- pharyngitides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pharyngitis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Inflammation of the pharynx.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pharyngitis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inflammation of the pharynx:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pharyngite, angine |
| German | Rachenentzündung, Pharyngitis |
| Portuguese | faringite |
| Spanish | faringitis |
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.