angioedema
/ˌænd͡ʒiəʊ.ɪˈdiːmə/
"angioedema" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“angioedema” is uncommon English (frequency #97,786 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,786
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Swelling of the lower layers of the skin, often around the mouth, or of the mucosa or submucosa of the mouth or throat, which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-angioedema · angioedema · English
angioedema · rank #97,786 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,786
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Angelino
Nearest frequency peer: Angelino (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “angioedema”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- americium
americium
2,219 corpus weight
- anet
anet
2,217 corpus weight
- Angelino
Angelino
2,216 corpus weight
- angioedema
angioedema
2,215 corpus weight
- angstrom
angstrom
2,214 corpus weight
- Ansan
Ansan
2,210 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “angioedema” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | angioedema |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌænd͡ʒiəʊ.ɪˈdiːmə/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,786 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “angioedema” in English
Rare enough to double-check
angioedema is uncommon English at frequency #97,786 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌænd͡ʒiəʊ.ɪˈdiːmə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Swelling of the lower layers of the skin, often around the mouth, or of the mucosa or submucosa of the mouth or throat, which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.".
angioedema has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From angio- + edema. The correct English form is angioedema, spelled A-N-G-I-O-E-D-E-M-A.
Definition
- 1Swelling of the lower layers of the skin, often around the mouth, or of the mucosa or submucosa of the mouth or throat, which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how angioedema appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Angioedema of the throat can cause suffocation and should be treated as a medical emergency.
Etymology
From angio- + edema.
Synonyms
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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