spondylolisthesis
/ˌspɒn.dɪˌlo.lɪsˈθiːsɪs/noun
spondylolisthesis is spelled S-P-O-N-D-Y-L-O-L-I-S-T-H-E-S-I-S. The wrong spelling people search most is spondylolithesis: about 230 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 48 of all searches for the word. Spondylolisthesis is a noun meaning “A forward displacement of a vertebra over a lower vertebra, due to a congenital defect or injury”. The plural of spondylolisthesis is spondylolistheses.
How many letters and syllables are in spondylolisthesis?
| Letters | 17: S-P-O-N-D-Y-L-O-L-I-S-T-H-E-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, spondylolithesis, about 230 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell spondylolisthesis?
Spondylolisthesis is spelled S-P-O-N-D-Y-L-O-L-I-S-T-H-E-S-I-S. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 48 of the searches for spondylolisthesis in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is spondylolisthesis?
Spondylolisthesis appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th 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 spondylolisthesis?
- /ˌspɒn.dɪˌlo.lɪsˈθiːsɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of spondylolisthesis
- spondylolistheses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spondylolisthesis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A forward displacement of a vertebra over a lower vertebra, due to a congenital defect or injury.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spondylolisthesis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense medicine: displacement of vertebra:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | espondilolistesis |
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 spondylolisthesis come from?
From Latin spondylolisthesis, equivalent to spondylo- (“spine”) + Ancient Greek ὀλισθάνω (olisthánō, “to slip, slide”) + -esis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).