Anthea
/ˈænθiːə/
"anthea" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Anthea” is uncommon English (frequency #59,857 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,857
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anthea · Anthea · English
Anthea · rank #59,857 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,857
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH antagonizing
Nearest frequency peer: antagonizing (-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 “Anthea”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- angioplasty
angioplasty
40,147 corpus weight
- annihilating
annihilating
40,146 corpus weight
- antagonizing
antagonizing
40,145 corpus weight
- Anthea
Anthea
40,144 corpus weight
- anticipatory
anticipatory
40,143 corpus weight
- Antonius
Antonius
40,142 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Anthea” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Anthea |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈænθiːə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Anthea” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Anthea is uncommon English at frequency #59,857 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈænθiːə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Anthea in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek ἄνθη (ánthē, “blossom”). The correct English form is Anthea, spelled A-N-T-H-E-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 2The epithet of the Greek goddess Hera
- 3Former name of Aydin: a city in southwestern Turkey.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄνθη (ánthē, “blossom”).
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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