shigella
/ʃɪˈɡɛlə/
"shigella" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shigella” is uncommon English (frequency #97,546 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,546
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A bacterium in the genus Shigella, some kinds of which may cause a form of dysentery called shigellosis.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shigella · shigella · English
shigella · rank #97,546 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,546
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH shantytown
Nearest frequency peer: shantytown (-3 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 “shigella”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- seersucker
seersucker
2,460 corpus weight
- shantytown
shantytown
2,458 corpus weight
- shigella
shigella
2,455 corpus weight
- shucked
shucked
2,451 corpus weight
- simvastatin
simvastatin
2,449 corpus weight
- singsong
singsong
2,447 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “shigella” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shigella |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃɪˈɡɛlə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shigella” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shigella is uncommon English at frequency #97,546 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʃɪˈɡɛlə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A bacterium in the genus Shigella, some kinds of which may cause a form of dysentery called shigellosis.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for shigella in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: After Kiyoshi Shiga, the Japanese bacteriologist who studied shigella. The correct English form is shigella, spelled S-H-I-G-E-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1A bacterium in the genus Shigella, some kinds of which may cause a form of dysentery called shigellosis.
Etymology
After Kiyoshi Shiga, the Japanese bacteriologist who studied shigella.
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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