pruritic
adjective
pruritic is spelled P-R-U-R-I-T-I-C: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, pruritic means “Itchy; especially, intensely so” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pruritic?
| Letters | 8: P-R-U-R-I-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 39 million words; the 191,932nd 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 pruritic?
Pruritic appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd 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).
Forms of pruritic
- more pruritic comparative
- most pruritic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pruritic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Itchy; especially, intensely so.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pruritic come from?
By surface analysis, prurit(us) + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).