thyroiditis

noun

"thyroiditis" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“thyroiditis” is uncommon English (frequency #95,516 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,516
frequency rank, English
27,828
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inflammation of the thyroid gland.

Key facts for thyroiditis
PropertyValue
Headwordthyroiditis
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#95,516
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “thyroiditis” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). thyroiditis lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

thyroiditis is uncommon English at frequency #95,516 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation of the thyroid gland.".

No misspelling variants are generated for thyroiditis in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From thyroid + -itis. The correct English form is thyroiditis, spelled T-H-Y-R-O-I-D-I-T-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inflammation of the thyroid gland.

Etymology

From thyroid + -itis.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "thyroiditis"?
"thyroiditis" is spelled T-H-Y-R-O-I-D-I-T-I-S.
What does "thyroiditis" mean?
As a noun, "thyroiditis" means: Inflammation of the thyroid gland.
What is the origin of the word "thyroiditis"?
From thyroid + -itis. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “thyroiditis”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is T-H-Y-R-O-I-D-I-T-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list