tendinitis
/ˌtɛn.dəˈnaɪ.tɪs/
"tendinitis" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tendinitis” is uncommon English (frequency #62,565 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,565
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation of a tendon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tendinitis · tendinitis · English
tendinitis · rank #62,565 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,565
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tej
Nearest frequency peer: tej (-1 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 “tendinitis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tarpon
tarpon
37,440 corpus weight
- tej
tej
37,437 corpus weight
- tendinitis
tendinitis
37,436 corpus weight
- terrarium
terrarium
37,434 corpus weight
- tetrahedral
tetrahedral
37,433 corpus weight
- thespian
thespian
37,432 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tendinitis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tendinitis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌtɛn.dəˈnaɪ.tɪs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,565 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tendinitis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tendinitis is uncommon English at frequency #62,565 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌtɛn.dəˈnaɪ.tɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation of a tendon.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tendinitis in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin from tendin-, stem of Medieval Latin tendo, from Late Latin tenon, from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “tendon, sinew”). By surface analysis, tendon + -itis and tendo- + -itis but not actually formed in this way; similarly with tendinopathy § Et… The correct English form is tendinitis, spelled T-E-N-D-I-N-I-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1Inflammation of a tendon.
Etymology
From New Latin from tendin-, stem of Medieval Latin tendo, from Late Latin tenon, from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “tendon, sinew”). By surface analysis, tendon + -itis and tendo- + -itis but not actually formed in this way; similarly with tendinopathy § Etymology.
This word in other languages
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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