alexithymic
/əˌlɛksɪˈθaɪmɪk/
"alexithymic" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“alexithymic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who has difficulty feeling, processing or understanding emotions
Corpus desk
Index EN-alexithymic · alexithymic · English
alexithymic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | alexithymic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˌlɛksɪˈθaɪmɪk/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “alexithymic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
alexithymic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˌlɛksɪˈθaɪmɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who has difficulty feeling, processing or understanding emotions".
alexithymic doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a- + Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “speech”) + θυμός (thumós, “soul”) + -ic. The correct English form is alexithymic, spelled A-L-E-X-I-T-H-Y-M-I-C.
Definition
- 1A person who has difficulty feeling, processing or understanding emotions
Etymology
From a- + Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “speech”) + θυμός (thumós, “soul”) + -ic.
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.