psoriatic

adj

"psoriatic" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“psoriatic” is uncommon English (frequency #85,670 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,670
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to or suffering from psoriasis.

Corpus desk

Index EN-psoriatic · psoriatic · English

psoriatic · rank #85,670 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,670
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH provincially

Nearest frequency peer: provincially (-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 “psoriatic”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “psoriatic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for psoriatic
PropertyValue
Headwordpsoriatic
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,670
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “psoriatic” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).psoriaticfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “provincially” (#85,669), “psychopharmacology” (#85,671), “providential” (#85,668). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “psoriatic” is #85,670. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

psoriatic is uncommon English at frequency #85,670 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, pertaining to or suffering from psoriasis.".

Zero misspellings are on record for psoriatic in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is psoriatic, spelled P-S-O-R-I-A-T-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to or suffering from psoriasis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how psoriatic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. He is a college professor who drinks heavily, suffers from terrible psoriatic arthritis and seems to loathe everything about what’s become of his life.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "psoriatic"?
"psoriatic" is spelled P-S-O-R-I-A-T-I-C.
What does "psoriatic" mean?
As an adjective, "psoriatic" means: Of, pertaining to or suffering from psoriasis.
What language does "psoriatic" come from?
"psoriatic" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "psoriatic", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list