trichotillomania
noun
trichotillomania is spelled T-R-I-C-H-O-T-I-L-L-O-M-A-N-I-A: 16 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trichotillomania means “A medical disorder where someone compulsively pulls their own hair out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in trichotillomania?
| Letters | 16: T-R-I-C-H-O-T-I-L-L-O-M-A-N-I-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th 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 trichotillomania?
Trichotillomania appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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).
What does trichotillomania mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A medical disorder where someone compulsively pulls their own hair out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Trichotillomania in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense disorder:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | trichotillomanie, TTM |
| German | Trichotillomanie, Tricho, Trich, TTM, zwanghaftes Haareausreissen |
| Portuguese | tricotilomania |
| Spanish | tricotilomanía |
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 trichotillomania come from?
From tricho- + Ancient Greek τίλλω (tíllō, “I pull out, pluck”) + -mania.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).