agnosia
/æɡˈnoʊ.ʒə/noun
agnosia is spelled A-G-N-O-S-I-A: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, agnosia means “The inability to recognise objects by use of the senses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of agnosia is agnosias.
How many letters and syllables are in agnosia?
| Letters | 7: A-G-N-O-S-I-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is agnosia?
Agnosia appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce agnosia?
- /æɡˈnoʊ.ʒə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-agnosia.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of agnosia
- agnosias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does agnosia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The inability to recognise objects by use of the senses.
- 2
Ignorance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Agnosia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inability to recognise objects:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does agnosia come from?
Derived from Ancient Greek ἀγνωσῐ́ᾱ (agnōsĭ́ā, “ignorance”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).