amenorrhoea
/əˌmɛnəˈɹiːə/
"amenorrhoea" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amenorrhoea” 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) - Absence of menstrual discharge.
Corpus desk
Index EN-amenorrhoea · amenorrhoea · English
amenorrhoea · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | amenorrhoea |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˌmɛnəˈɹiːə/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “amenorrhoea” in English
Rare enough to double-check
amenorrhoea is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˌmɛnəˈɹiːə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Absence of menstrual discharge.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for amenorrhoea, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Via New Latin from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μήν (mḗn, “month”) + -ροια (-roia, “flowing”). The correct English form is amenorrhoea, spelled A-M-E-N-O-R-R-H-O-E-A.
Definition
- 1Absence of menstrual discharge.
Etymology
Via New Latin from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μήν (mḗn, “month”) + -ροια (-roia, “flowing”).
Synonyms
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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.