aneurysm
/ˈan.jʊɹ.ɪz.əm/
"aneurysm" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aneurysm” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,001. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,001
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aneurysm · aneurysm · English
aneurysm · rank #26,001 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,001
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH antelope
Nearest frequency peer: antelope (+1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “aneurysm”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- amazes
amazes
74,003 corpus weight
- Amman
Amman
74,002 corpus weight
- aneurysm
aneurysm
74,000 corpus weight
- antelope
antelope
73,999 corpus weight
- Antigua
Antigua
73,998 corpus weight
- Arcadia
Arcadia
73,997 corpus weight
What this shows “aneurysm” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aneurysm |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈan.jʊɹ.ɪz.əm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #26,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “aneurysm”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around aneurysm (IPA /ˈan.jʊɹ.ɪz.əm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,001 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for aneurysm, with forms such as "aenurysm", "aneruysm", and "aneurrysm". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek ἀνεύρυσμα (aneúrusma, “a widening, a dilation”), from ἀνευρύνω (aneurúnō, “to dilate”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + εὐρύς (eurús, “wide”). The correct English form is aneurysm, spelled A-N-E-U-R-Y-S-M.
Definition
- 1An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aneurysm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
About 120,000 people were helping with the two-week annual harvest and “obviously you’re going to have some accidents”, he said. Every year, “one or two people” died from heart failure or aneurysms, he added.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνεύρυσμα (aneúrusma, “a widening, a dilation”), from ἀνευρύνω (aneurúnō, “to dilate”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + εὐρύς (eurús, “wide”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aenurysm
- aneruysm
- aneurrysm
- aneursym
- aneuryms
- aneurysmm
- aneuryssm
- aneuryysm
- aneuyrsm
- anneurysm
- anuerysm
- naeurysm
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aneurysm - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aneurysm", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).