angioplasty
/ˈæn.d͡ʒi.əʊ.plæs.ti/
"angioplasty" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“angioplasty” is uncommon English (frequency #59,854 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,854
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.
Corpus desk
Index EN-angioplasty · angioplasty · English
angioplasty · rank #59,854 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,854
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH annihilating
Nearest frequency peer: annihilating (+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 “angioplasty”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Albin
Albin
40,151 corpus weight
- aleph
aleph
40,149 corpus weight
- angioplasty
angioplasty
40,147 corpus weight
- annihilating
annihilating
40,146 corpus weight
- antagonizing
antagonizing
40,145 corpus weight
- Anthea
Anthea
40,144 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “angioplasty” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | angioplasty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæn.d͡ʒi.əʊ.plæs.ti/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #59,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “angioplasty” in English
Rare enough to double-check
angioplasty is uncommon English at frequency #59,854 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæn.d͡ʒi.əʊ.plæs.ti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for angioplasty, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From angio- + -plasty. The correct English form is angioplasty, spelled A-N-G-I-O-P-L-A-S-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.
Etymology
From angio- + -plasty.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).