prostatitis
noun
prostatitis is spelled P-R-O-S-T-A-T-I-T-I-S: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, prostatitis means “Inflammation of the prostate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of prostatitis is prostatitides or prostatites.
How many letters and syllables are in prostatitis?
| Letters | 11: P-R-O-S-T-A-T-I-T-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 103,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is prostatitis?
Prostatitis appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th 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 prostatitis?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-prostatitis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of prostatitis
- prostatitides plural
- prostatites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does prostatitis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Inflammation of the prostate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Prostatitis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inflammation of the prostate:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | prostatite |
| German | Prostataentzündung, Entzündung der Prostata, Prostatitis |
| Portuguese | prostatite |
| Spanish | prostatitis |
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 prostatitis come from?
From prostate + -itis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).