telangiectasia
/ˌtɛlˌæn.d͡ʒi.ɛkˈteɪ.ʒə/noun
telangiectasia is spelled T-E-L-A-N-G-I-E-C-T-A-S-I-A. The wrong spelling people search most is teleangiectasia: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 164 of all searches for the word. Telangiectasia is a noun meaning “A condition characterized by dilatation of the capillaries, causing them to appear as small red or purple…”. The plural of telangiectasia is telangiectasias or telangiectasiae; Wiktionary also lists telangiectasiæ (archaic).
How many letters and syllables are in telangiectasia?
| Letters | 14: T-E-L-A-N-G-I-E-C-T-A-S-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 7 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, teleangiectasia, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell telangiectasia?
Telangiectasia is spelled T-E-L-A-N-G-I-E-C-T-A-S-I-A. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 163 of the searches for telangiectasia 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 telangiectasia?
Telangiectasia appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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 telangiectasia?
- UK /tɛˌlæn.d͡ʒi.ɛkˈteɪ.zi.ə/
- US /ˌtɛlˌæn.d͡ʒi.ɛkˈteɪ.ʒə/
Telangiectasia has 7 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Telangiectasia.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-telangiectasia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with telangiectasia?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as telangiectasia from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʒə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of telangiectasia
- telangiectasias plural
- telangiectasiae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does telangiectasia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A condition characterized by dilatation of the capillaries, causing them to appear as small red or purple clusters, often spidery in appearance, on the skin or the surface of an organ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Telangiectasia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense dilatation of the capillaries:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | télangiectasie |
| German | Teleangiektasie |
| Spanish | telangiectasia |
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 telangiectasia come from?
Mid 19th century New Latin, from telo- + angiectasia, reflecting Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “end, telo-”) + Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel, angio-”) + Ancient Greek ἔκτασις (éktasis, “stretching out, extension”) + Latin -ia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).