poliomyelitis
/ˌpɒlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/
"poliomyelitis" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“poliomyelitis” is uncommon English (frequency #93,028 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,028
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-poliomyelitis · poliomyelitis · English
poliomyelitis · rank #93,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,028
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH pocky
Nearest frequency peer: pocky (-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 “poliomyelitis”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pneuma
pneuma
6,976 corpus weight
- pocketful
pocketful
6,975 corpus weight
- pocky
pocky
6,974 corpus weight
- poliomyelit…
poliomyelitis
6,973 corpus weight
- Politi
Politi
6,972 corpus weight
- pornographer
pornographer
6,969 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “poliomyelitis” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poliomyelitis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌpɒlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #93,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “poliomyelitis” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
poliomyelitis is uncommon English at frequency #93,028 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌpɒlɪəʊmaɪəˈlaɪtɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.".
No misspelling variants are generated for poliomyelitis in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Poliomyelitis, from the Ancient Greek πολιός (poliós, “grey”) + μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “-itis”). Compare French poliomyélite. The correct English form is poliomyelitis, spelled P-O-L-I-O-M-Y-E-L-I-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Poliomyelitis, from the Ancient Greek πολιός (poliós, “grey”) + μυελός (muelós, “marrow”) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “-itis”). Compare French poliomyélite.
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); 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.