angiography
/ˌæn.d͡ʒiˈɑ.ɡɹə.fi/
"angiography" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“angiography” is uncommon English (frequency #52,145 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,145
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A medical imaging technique in which an X-ray image is taken to visualize the inside of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the heart chambers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-angiography · angiography · English
angiography · rank #52,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,145
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Andrus
Nearest frequency peer: Andrus (-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 “angiography”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- anaemia
anaemia
47,861 corpus weight
- Andie
Andie
47,859 corpus weight
- Andrus
Andrus
47,858 corpus weight
- angiography
angiography
47,856 corpus weight
- antifungal
antifungal
47,854 corpus weight
- Antigone
Antigone
47,853 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “angiography” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | angiography |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌæn.d͡ʒiˈɑ.ɡɹə.fi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #52,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “angiography” in English
Rare enough to double-check
angiography is uncommon English at frequency #52,145 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌæn.d͡ʒiˈɑ.ɡɹə.fi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A medical imaging technique in which an X-ray image is taken to visualize the inside of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the heart chambers.".
No misspelling variants are generated for angiography in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From angio- (“vessel-”) + -graphy. The correct English form is angiography, spelled A-N-G-I-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y.
Definition
- 1A medical imaging technique in which an X-ray image is taken to visualize the inside of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the heart chambers.
Etymology
From angio- (“vessel-”) + -graphy.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).