vasodilation
"vasodilation" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vasodilation” is uncommon English (frequency #91,118 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,118
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dilation or widening of the blood vessels.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vasodilation · vasodilation · English
vasodilation · rank #91,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,118
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH Valentinian
Nearest frequency peer: Valentinian (-2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “vasodilation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- upliftment
upliftment
8,887 corpus weight
- uveitis
uveitis
8,886 corpus weight
- Valentinian
Valentinian
8,885 corpus weight
- vasodilation
vasodilation
8,883 corpus weight
- vermiculite
vermiculite
8,880 corpus weight
- Vian
Vian
8,879 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “vasodilation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vasodilation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #91,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vasodilation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vasodilation is uncommon English at frequency #91,118 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dilation or widening of the blood vessels.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vasodilation, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From vaso- + dilation. The correct English form is vasodilation, spelled V-A-S-O-D-I-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Dilation or widening of the blood vessels.
Etymology
From vaso- + dilation.
Antonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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