tonsillitis
/tɒnsəˈlaɪtɪs/
"tonsillitis" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tonsillitis” is uncommon English (frequency #61,167 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,167
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inflammation of the tonsils.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tonsillitis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɒnsəˈlaɪtɪs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #61,167 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tonsillitis” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tonsillitis is uncommon English at frequency #61,167 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɒnsəˈlaɪtɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation of the tonsils.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tonsillitis in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tonsil + -itis. The correct English form is tonsillitis, spelled T-O-N-S-I-L-L-I-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1Inflammation of the tonsils.
Etymology
From tonsil + -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.
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Using “tonsillitis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-O-N-S-I-L-L-I-T-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɒnsəˈlaɪtɪs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.