rosacea
/ɹoʊˈzeɪ.ʃə/
"rosacea" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rosacea” is uncommon English (frequency #62,464 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,464
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A chronic condition characterized by redness of the face.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rosacea · rosacea · English
rosacea · rank #62,464 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,464
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH ROV
Nearest frequency peer: ROV (+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 “rosacea”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Riedel
Riedel
37,543 corpus weight
- Rimini
Rimini
37,542 corpus weight
- RNG
RNG
37,541 corpus weight
- rosacea
rosacea
37,537 corpus weight
- ROV
ROV
37,536 corpus weight
- ruffian
ruffian
37,534 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “rosacea” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rosacea |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹoʊˈzeɪ.ʃə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rosacea” in English
Rare enough to double-check
rosacea is uncommon English at frequency #62,464 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɹoʊˈzeɪ.ʃə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A chronic condition characterized by redness of the face.".
rosacea has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of acne rosacea, from New Latin acnē (“acne”) + rosācea, feminine of rosāceus (“rose-colored”). The correct English form is rosacea, spelled R-O-S-A-C-E-A.
Definition
- 1A chronic condition characterized by redness of the face.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rosacea appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It’s hardly surprising that rosacea tends to strike the fair-skinned, especially people of Celtic or Northern European extraction, according to the National Rosacea Society, an association that receives financing from pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies that market rosacea remedies.
Etymology
Clipping of acne rosacea, from New Latin acnē (“acne”) + rosācea, feminine of rosāceus (“rose-colored”).
This word in other languages
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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