tubercular
/tjuˈbɜːkjələ(ɹ)/
"tubercular" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tubercular” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, or having tuberculosis.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tubercular · tubercular · English
tubercular · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tubercular |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /tjuˈbɜːkjələ(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tubercular” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tubercular is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /tjuˈbɜːkjələ(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
tubercular has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Latin tuberculum (“diminutive of tuber (“lump”)”) + -ar The correct English form is tubercular, spelled T-U-B-E-R-C-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Of, pertaining to, or having tuberculosis.
- 2Relating to or reminiscent of the wheezing sounds associated with the breathing of tuberculosis patients.
- 3Having, being, or relating to tubercles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tubercular appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As he grew older, his tubercular thinness tended toward emaciation.
He set up business in Sydney, the little capital city of one of the middle Southern states, lived soberly and industriously under the attentive eye of a folk still raw with defeat and hostility, and finally, his good name founded and admission won, he married a gaunt tubercular spinstress, ten years his elder, but with a nest egg and an unshakable will to…
Etymology
Latin tuberculum (“diminutive of tuber (“lump”)”) + -ar
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.