retinitis
"retinitis" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“retinitis” is uncommon English (frequency #73,590 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,590
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation of the retina.
Corpus desk
Index EN-retinitis · retinitis · English
retinitis · rank #73,590 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,590
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH retentive
Nearest frequency peer: retentive (-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 “retinitis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- reorientati…
reorientation
26,415 corpus weight
- retentive
retentive
26,412 corpus weight
- retinitis
retinitis
26,411 corpus weight
- retool
retool
26,410 corpus weight
- Riemannian
Riemannian
26,408 corpus weight
- Ritu
Ritu
26,407 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “retinitis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retinitis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,590 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “retinitis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
retinitis is uncommon English at frequency #73,590 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation of the retina.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for retinitis, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From retina + -itis. The correct English form is retinitis, spelled R-E-T-I-N-I-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1Inflammation of the retina.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how retinitis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
DHPG […] is effective in fighting Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus which, for PWAs, can cause CMV retinitis — a condition which can lead to blindness within weeks.
Etymology
From retina + -itis.
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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).