anoxia
/ænˈɒk.sɪ.ə/
"anoxia" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anoxia” is uncommon English (frequency #98,968 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,968
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A condition in which a body tissue or an environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen; severe hypoxia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anoxia · anoxia · English
anoxia · rank #98,968 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,968
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Antigonish
Nearest frequency peer: Antigonish (+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 “anoxia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- amel
amel
1,042 corpus weight
- amontillado
amontillado
1,041 corpus weight
- anoxia
anoxia
1,033 corpus weight
- Antigonish
Antigonish
1,031 corpus weight
- Anuj
Anuj
1,029 corpus weight
- archaeologi…
archaeologically
1,022 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “anoxia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anoxia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ænˈɒk.sɪ.ə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,968 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anoxia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anoxia is uncommon English at frequency #98,968 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ænˈɒk.sɪ.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A condition in which a body tissue or an environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen; severe hypoxia.".
No misspelling variants are generated for anoxia in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Internationalism, from an- (“without”) + ox- (“oxygen”) + -ia (“disease”). The correct English form is anoxia, spelled A-N-O-X-I-A.
Definition
- 1A condition in which a body tissue or an environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen; severe hypoxia.
Etymology
Internationalism, from an- (“without”) + ox- (“oxygen”) + -ia (“disease”).
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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