tinea
/ˈtɪ.ni.ə/
"tinea" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tinea” is uncommon English (frequency #75,492 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,492
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A fungal infection of the skin, known generally as ringworm.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tinea |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɪ.ni.ə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tinea” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tinea is uncommon English at frequency #75,492 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɪ.ni.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A fungal infection of the skin, known generally as ringworm.".
tinea doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin tinea (“moth; bookworm”). The correct English form is tinea, spelled T-I-N-E-A.
Definition
- 1A fungal infection of the skin, known generally as ringworm.
Etymology
From Latin tinea (“moth; bookworm”).
Synonyms
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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Using “tinea”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-I-N-E-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.