anaemia

noun

"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

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “anaemia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anaemia
PropertyValue
Headwordanaemia
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,140
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “anaemia” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).anaemiafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Amalia” (#52,138), “Andie” (#52,142), “Andrus” (#52,143). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “anaemia” is #52,140. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of anemia.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how anaemia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anaemia"?
"anaemia" is spelled A-N-A-E-M-I-A.
What does "anaemia" mean?
As a noun, "anaemia" means: Alternative spelling of anemia.
What language does "anaemia" come from?
"anaemia" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anaemia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list