anosmia
/æˈnɒzmiə/
"anosmia" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anosmia” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inability to smell; the inability to perceive odors.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anosmia · anosmia · English
anosmia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anosmia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /æˈnɒzmiə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anosmia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anosmia is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /æˈnɒzmiə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inability to smell; the inability to perceive odors.".
anosmia has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin anosmia, equivalent to an- + -osmi. The correct English form is anosmia, spelled A-N-O-S-M-I-A.
Definition
- 1Inability to smell; the inability to perceive odors.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anosmia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Often accompanied by an inability to taste, anosmia occurs abruptly and dramatically in these patients, almost as if a switch had been flipped.
Etymology
From New Latin anosmia, equivalent to an- + -osmi.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.