psittacosis
/ˌsitəˈkoʊsɪs/noun
psittacosis is spelled P-S-I-T-T-A-C-O-S-I-S: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, psittacosis means “An infection by Chlamydia bacteria, caught from infected birds, and characterised by fever, pneumonia and headaches” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of psittacosis is psittacoses.
How many letters and syllables are in psittacosis?
| Letters | 11: P-S-I-T-T-A-C-O-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 39 million words; the 191,932nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is psittacosis?
Psittacosis 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).
How do you pronounce psittacosis?
- US /ˌsitəˈkoʊsɪs/
- US [ˌsiɾəˈkoʊsɪs]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with psittacosis?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as psittacosis from its last stressed vowel (/oʊsɪs/):
- prognosis
- sclerosis
- psychosis
- fibrosis
- apoptosis
- necrosis
- thrombosis
- stenosis
- osmosis
- symbiosis
- scoliosis
- mitosis
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of psittacosis
- psittacoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does psittacosis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An infection by Chlamydia bacteria, caught from infected birds, and characterised by fever, pneumonia and headaches.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Psittacosis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense infection:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Psittakose, Papageienkrankheit |
| Spanish | psitacosis |
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 psittacosis come from?
From Latin psittacus (“parrot”) + -osis. By surface analysis, psittac- + -osis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).