scoliosis
/ˌskoʊ.liˈoʊ.sɪs/
"scoliosis" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“scoliosis” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,872. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,872
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scoliosis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌskoʊ.liˈoʊ.sɪs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #41,872 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “scoliosis” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around scoliosis (IPA /ˌskoʊ.liˈoʊ.sɪs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,872 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for scoliosis, with forms such as "csoliosis", "sccoliosis", and "scloiosis". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin scoliosis, from Ancient Greek σκολίωσις (skolíōsis, “twisting; torsion”). The correct English form is scoliosis, spelled S-C-O-L-I-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1The abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.
Etymology
From Latin scoliosis, from Ancient Greek σκολίωσις (skolíōsis, “twisting; torsion”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- csoliosis
- sccoliosis
- scloiosis
- scoilosis
- scolioiss
- scoliosiss
- scoliossi
- scoliossis
- scolisois
- scolliosis
- scoloisis
- socliosis
- sscoliosis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of scoliosis - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “scoliosis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-C-O-L-I-O-S-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌskoʊ.liˈoʊ.sɪs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.