preeclampsia
"preeclampsia" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“preeclampsia” is uncommon English (frequency #64,627 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,627
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A complication of pregnancy, affecting about 2-20% of women, depending on location, characterized by hypertension and damage to the linings of the blood vessels of the brain, liver, lungs and kidne...
Corpus desk
Index EN-preeclampsia · preeclampsia · English
preeclampsia · rank #64,627 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,627
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH preamp
Nearest frequency peer: preamp (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “preeclampsia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Poznan
Poznan
35,378 corpus weight
- pragmatical…
pragmatically
35,376 corpus weight
- preamp
preamp
35,375 corpus weight
- preeclampsia
preeclampsia
35,374 corpus weight
- preemption
preemption
35,373 corpus weight
- Priam
Priam
35,371 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “preeclampsia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | preeclampsia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #64,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “preeclampsia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
preeclampsia is uncommon English at frequency #64,627 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A complication of pregnancy, affecting about 2-20% of women, depending on location, characterized by hypertension and damage to the linings of the blood vessels of the brain, liver, lungs and kidne...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for preeclampsia in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pre- + eclampsia. The correct English form is preeclampsia, spelled P-R-E-E-C-L-A-M-P-S-I-A.
Definition
- 1A complication of pregnancy, affecting about 2-20% of women, depending on location, characterized by hypertension and damage to the linings of the blood vessels of the brain, liver, lungs and kidneys, which can lead to multiple organ failure, convulsions, coma and death. The only cure is delivery of the child.
Etymology
From pre- + eclampsia.
Synonyms
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).