# rheumatism

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹu.məˌtɪz.əm/ · frequency rank #46,151

## Definitions
1. Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.
2. Atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis

## Etymology
First attested 1601, from Latin rheumatismus (“rheum”), from Ancient Greek ῥευματισμός (rheumatismós, “humour, discharge, rheum”) from ῥευματίζομαι (rheumatízomai, “I suffer from a rheum”) from ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”)

## Easily confused with
- **rheumatic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rheumatic-vs-rheumatism)

## Common misspellings (15)
`hreumatism`, `rehumatism`, `rhemuatism`, `rheuamtism`, `rheumaitsm`, `rheumatims`, `rheumatismm`, `rheumatissm`, `rheumatsim`, `rheumattism`, `rheummatism`, `rheumtaism`, `rhheumatism`, `rhuematism`, `rrheumatism`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rheumatism