anaemia
"anaemia" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anaemia” is uncommon English (frequency #52,140 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,140
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of anemia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anaemia · anaemia · English
anaemia · rank #52,140 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,140
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Amalia
Nearest frequency peer: Amalia (-2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “anaemia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- alanine
alanine
47,867 corpus weight
- Amalia
Amalia
47,863 corpus weight
- anaemia
anaemia
47,861 corpus weight
- Andie
Andie
47,859 corpus weight
- Andrus
Andrus
47,858 corpus weight
- angiography
angiography
47,856 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “anaemia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anaemia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anaemia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anaemia is uncommon English at frequency #52,140 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of anemia.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for anaemia in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is anaemia, spelled A-N-A-E-M-I-A.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of anemia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anaemia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But two of the drugs conventionally administered caused anaemia, which needed to be countered by blood transfusion.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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