tonsillitis
/tɒnsəˈlaɪtɪs/noun
tonsillitis is spelled T-O-N-S-I-L-L-I-T-I-S: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tonsillitis means “Inflammation of the tonsils” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tonsillitis is tonsillitides or tonsillites.
How many letters and syllables are in tonsillitis?
| Letters | 11: T-O-N-S-I-L-L-I-T-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,838th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is tonsillitis?
Tonsillitis appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tonsillitis?
- /tɒnsəˈlaɪtɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tonsilitis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tonsillitis
- tonsillitides plural
- tonsillites plural
- tonsillitises plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tonsillitis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Inflammation of the tonsils.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tonsillitis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inflammation of the tonsils:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | amygdalite, angine |
| German | Mandelentzündung, Tonsillitis |
| Portuguese | amigdalite |
| Spanish | amigdalitis |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tonsillitis come from?
From tonsil + -itis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).