torticollis
/tɔɹ.təˈkɑ.ləs/noun
torticollis is a noun meaning “A medical condition in which the neck muscles contract, causing the neck to twist or jerk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-O-R-T-I-C-O-L-L-I-S and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 27 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does torticollis mean?
noun
- 1
A medical condition in which the neck muscles contract, causing the neck to twist or jerk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce torticollis?
- US /tɔɹ.təˈkɑ.ləs/
Torticollis has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is torticollis?
Torticollis appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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).
Torticollis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense medical condition:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | torticolis |
| German | Schiefhals |
| Spanish | tortícolis |
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.