anions
/ˈæn.aɪ.ɑnz/
"anions" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anions” is uncommon English (frequency #59,193 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,193
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of anion
Corpus desk
Index EN-anions · anions · English
anions · rank #59,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,193
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Ancona
Nearest frequency peer: Ancona (-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 “anions”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- analyte
analyte
40,812 corpus weight
- Ancona
Ancona
40,810 corpus weight
- anions
anions
40,808 corpus weight
- Arrington
Arrington
40,804 corpus weight
- arvo
arvo
40,802 corpus weight
- asceticism
asceticism
40,801 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “anions” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anions |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæn.aɪ.ɑnz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anions” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anions is uncommon English at frequency #59,193 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæn.aɪ.ɑnz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of anion".
anions doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is anions, spelled A-N-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1plural of anion
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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