agraphia
/ˌeɪˈɡɹæ.fi.ə/
"agraphia" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“agraphia” 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 September 3, 2026) - A loss of the ability to write (usually resulting from a brain injury).
Corpus desk
Index EN-agraphia · agraphia · English
agraphia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | agraphia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌeɪˈɡɹæ.fi.ə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “agraphia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
agraphia is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌeɪˈɡɹæ.fi.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for agraphia, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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 a- + -graphia. The correct English form is agraphia, spelled A-G-R-A-P-H-I-A.
Definition
- 1A loss of the ability to write (usually resulting from a brain injury).
- 2The inability to write.
Etymology
From a- + -graphia.
Synonyms
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.