zoonosis
/zəʊˈɒn.ə.sɪs/
"zoonosis" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“zoonosis” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zoonosis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /zəʊˈɒn.ə.sɪs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zoonosis” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zoonosis is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /zəʊˈɒn.ə.sɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.".
zoonosis has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From zoo- + (itself from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”)) + Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) (compare also nosology); the surface analysis is almost, although not quite, zoo- + -osis; compare also anthroponosis. The correct English form is zoonosis, spelled Z-O-O-N-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.
Etymology
From zoo- + (itself from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”)) + Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) (compare also nosology); the surface analysis is almost, although not quite, zoo- + -osis; compare also anthroponosis.
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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Using “zoonosis”
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- The one correct English spelling is Z-O-O-N-O-S-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /zəʊˈɒn.ə.sɪs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.