anorexic
/ænəˈɹɛksɪk/
"anorexic" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anorexic” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,118. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,118
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to, or suffering from, anorexia nervosa.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anorexic · anorexic · English
anorexic · rank #40,118 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #40,118
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH anthropomorph…
Nearest frequency peer: anthropomorphic (+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 “anorexic”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Alva
Alva
59,889 corpus weight
- amiga
amiga
59,888 corpus weight
- anorexic
anorexic
59,883 corpus weight
- anthropomor…
anthropomorphic
59,882 corpus weight
- aprons
aprons
59,881 corpus weight
- armoury
armoury
59,878 corpus weight
What this shows “anorexic” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anorexic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ænəˈɹɛksɪk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #40,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “anorexic”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around anorexic (IPA /ænəˈɹɛksɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,118 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for anorexic, with forms such as "annorexic", "anoerxic", and "anoreixc". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "anorexia", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anorexia + -ic. The correct English form is anorexic, spelled A-N-O-R-E-X-I-C.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to, or suffering from, anorexia nervosa.
- 2Thin, skinny, insubstantial.
- 3Having very little to no appetite (a symptom that occurs in various diseases).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anorexic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I thought of anorexic girls whose puberty has stalled, leaving them crossed between elderly ladies and overburdened children with false smiles, apparently perfect, teeth unstained, until their organs began to fail.
He was also a poet on 'L' plates having published one very slim (to the point of anorexic) collection of verse.
Etymology
From anorexia + -ic.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- annorexic
- anoerxic
- anoreixc
- anorexci
- anorexicc
- anorexxic
- anorrexic
- anorxeic
- anroexic
- aonrexic
- naorexic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of anorexic - 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 "anorexic", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).