phlebitis
/flɪˈbaɪtɪs/
"phlebitis" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“phlebitis” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation of a vein, usually in the legs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-phlebitis · phlebitis · English
phlebitis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | phlebitis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /flɪˈbaɪtɪs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “phlebitis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
phlebitis is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /flɪˈbaɪtɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation of a vein, usually in the legs.".
phlebitis has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From phleb(o)- + -itis. The correct English form is phlebitis, spelled P-H-L-E-B-I-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1Inflammation of a vein, usually in the legs.
Etymology
From phleb(o)- + -itis.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.