anthemic
/ænˈθɛm.ɪk/
"anthemic" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anthemic” is uncommon English (frequency #73,860 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,860
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suggestive of an anthem; rousing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anthemic · anthemic · English
anthemic · rank #73,860 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,860
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH androgenic
Nearest frequency peer: androgenic (-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 “anthemic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- amphora
amphora
26,145 corpus weight
- anagrams
anagrams
26,144 corpus weight
- androgenic
androgenic
26,142 corpus weight
- anthemic
anthemic
26,141 corpus weight
- antigenic
antigenic
26,139 corpus weight
- aphis
aphis
26,138 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “anthemic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anthemic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ænˈθɛm.ɪk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anthemic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anthemic is uncommon English at frequency #73,860 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ænˈθɛm.ɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suggestive of an anthem; rousing.".
anthemic 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, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anthem + -ic. The correct English form is anthemic, spelled A-N-T-H-E-M-I-C.
Definition
- 1Suggestive of an anthem; rousing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anthemic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hardly inspirational stuff, but this beatmix collection of popular House/garage cuts by DJ Pierre, Roger S, Ultra Naté and others is probably the easiest place to find Farley's anthemic "Love Can't Turn Around".
Honing the band's anthemic sound and stance, they relocated to Richmond and created a solid lineup.
Etymology
From anthem + -ic.
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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