schistosomiasis
"schistosomiasis" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“schistosomiasis” is uncommon English (frequency #85,752 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,752
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various diseases of humans caused by parasitic blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma.
Corpus desk
Index EN-schistosomiasis · schistosomiasis · English
schistosomiasis · rank #85,752 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,752
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH schismatic
Nearest frequency peer: schismatic (-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 “schistosomiasis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- scad
scad
14,253 corpus weight
- Scheffer
Scheffer
14,252 corpus weight
- schismatic
schismatic
14,250 corpus weight
- schistosomi…
schistosomiasis
14,249 corpus weight
- scientism
scientism
14,247 corpus weight
- scrubland
scrubland
14,246 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “schistosomiasis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schistosomiasis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #85,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “schistosomiasis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
schistosomiasis is uncommon English at frequency #85,752 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of various diseases of humans caused by parasitic blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma.".
schistosomiasis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From schistosome + -iasis. From scientific name Schistosoma + Ancient Greek -σις (-sis, nouns of action). The correct English form is schistosomiasis, spelled S-C-H-I-S-T-O-S-O-M-I-A-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Any of various diseases of humans caused by parasitic blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how schistosomiasis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Investigation of Egyptian mummies has revealed calcified eggs in liver and kidney tissues, proving the presence of schistosomiasis in ancient Egypt.
Etymology
From schistosome + -iasis. From scientific name Schistosoma + Ancient Greek -σις (-sis, nouns of action).
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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