thrombosis
/θɹɒmˈbəʊsɪs/
"thrombosis" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thrombosis” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,719
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thrombosis · thrombosis · English
thrombosis · rank #34,719 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,719
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH thrifty
Nearest frequency peer: thrifty (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “thrombosis”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- thatched
thatched
65,285 corpus weight
- thon
thon
65,284 corpus weight
- thrifty
thrifty
65,283 corpus weight
- thrombosis
thrombosis
65,282 corpus weight
- thunderbird
thunderbird
65,281 corpus weight
- Tiberius
Tiberius
65,280 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “thrombosis” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thrombosis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /θɹɒmˈbəʊsɪs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #34,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thrombosis” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around thrombosis (IPA /θɹɒmˈbəʊsɪs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,719 among 27,828 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for thrombosis, with forms such as "htrombosis", "thhrombosis", and "thormbosis". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek θρόμβωσις (thrómbōsis, “curdling, clotting”). By surface analysis, thrombus + -osis. The correct English form is thrombosis, spelled T-H-R-O-M-B-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θρόμβωσις (thrómbōsis, “curdling, clotting”). By surface analysis, thrombus + -osis.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htrombosis
- thhrombosis
- thormbosis
- thrmobosis
- throbmosis
- thrombbosis
- thromboiss
- thrombosiss
- thrombossi
- thrombossis
- thrombsois
- thrommbosis
- thromobsis
- thrrombosis
- trhombosis
- tthrombosis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thrombosis - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "thrombosis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.