pleurisy
/ˈplʊəɹɪsi/
"pleurisy" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pleurisy” is uncommon English (frequency #89,775 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,775
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inflammation of lung pleura.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pleurisy · pleurisy · English
pleurisy · rank #89,775 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,775
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH pleasance
Nearest frequency peer: pleasance (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pleurisy”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Piyush
Piyush
10,230 corpus weight
- pleasance
pleasance
10,227 corpus weight
- pleurisy
pleurisy
10,226 corpus weight
- pomodoro
pomodoro
10,224 corpus weight
- porterhouse
porterhouse
10,222 corpus weight
- Portola
Portola
10,221 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pleurisy” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pleurisy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈplʊəɹɪsi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,775 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pleurisy” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pleurisy is uncommon English at frequency #89,775 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈplʊəɹɪsi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation of lung pleura.".
Zero misspellings are on record for pleurisy in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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. The correct English form is pleurisy, spelled P-L-E-U-R-I-S-Y.
Definition
- 1Inflammation of lung pleura.
Etymology
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.
Synonyms
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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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.