Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yeast infection

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: yeast- in-fec-tion
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any infection by a fungus of the genus Candida; candidiasis

Example Sentences

"Ah, the itchy flakes, it is inflaming / To the gels and creams, it is pertaining / To a fungus mold is my injection / Hope it's only a, a yeast infection / Only hurts when I / Hurts when I pee / Oh well, it hurts when I / Hurts when I sing"

Inflected Forms

yeast infections (plural)

Questions

What does yeast infection mean?: Any infection by a fungus of the genus Candida; candidiasis

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