pleurisy
/ˈplʊəɹɪsi/noun
pleurisy is spelled P-L-E-U-R-I-S-Y: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pleurisy means “Inflammation of lung pleura” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pleurisy is pleurisies.
How many letters and syllables are in pleurisy?
| Letters | 8: P-L-E-U-R-I-S-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 89,388th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is pleurisy?
Pleurisy appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th 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 pleurisy?
- /ˈplʊəɹɪsi/
- /ˈpljʊəɹɪsi/
Pleurisy 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-pleurisy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pleurisy
- pleurisies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pleurisy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Inflammation of lung pleura.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pleurisy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inflammation of lung pleura:
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 pleurisy come from?
From Middle English pleuresi, pleresye, that borrowed from Old French pleuresie (French pleurésie), from Late Latin pleurisis, alteration of Latin pleuritis. By surface analysis, pleur- + -isy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).