silicosis
noun
silicosis is spelled S-I-L-I-C-O-S-I-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, silicosis means “A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of silicosis is silicoses.
How many letters and syllables are in silicosis?
| Letters | 9: S-I-L-I-C-O-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is silicosis?
Silicosis appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce silicosis?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-silicosis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of silicosis
- silicoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does silicosis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Silicosis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense silica dust pneumoconiosis:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does silicosis come from?
From Late Latin silica + -osis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).