typhoid fever
"typhoid-fever" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“typhoid fever” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | typhoid fever |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “typhoid fever” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for typhoid fever is 13 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for typhoid fever, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is typhoid fever, spelled T-Y-P-H-O-I-D- -F-E-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1An illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct English spelling is T-Y-P-H-O-I-D- -F-E-V-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.