-uria
/-ˈjʊəɹɪə/
"uria" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“-uria” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - urine; urination; presence in urine (of a substance denoted by a prefixed combining form); state or condition of the urine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-uria · -uria · English
-uria · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" 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 | -uria |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | /-ˈjʊəɹɪə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “-uria” in English
Rare enough to double-check
-uria is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed /-ˈjʊəɹɪə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "urine; urination; presence in urine (of a substance denoted by a prefixed combining form); state or condition of the urine.".
No misspelling variants are generated for -uria in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, Latin -ūria, from Ancient Greek -ουρία (-ouría), from οὖρον (oûron, “urine”). The correct English form is -uria, spelled --U-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1urine; urination; presence in urine (of a substance denoted by a prefixed combining form); state or condition of the urine.
Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, Latin -ūria, from Ancient Greek -ουρία (-ouría), from οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).
Synonyms
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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.