anthemion
"anthemion" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anthemion” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ornamental design consisting of palmettes or lotus flowers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anthemion · anthemion · English
anthemion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | anthemion |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anthemion” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anthemion is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An ornamental design consisting of palmettes or lotus flowers.".
anthemion doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek ἀνθέμιον (anthémion), from ἄνθος (ánthos). The correct English form is anthemion, spelled A-N-T-H-E-M-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1An ornamental design consisting of palmettes or lotus flowers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anthemion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mr. Moore ran copper cresting in the form of anthemion leaves around the top of a bay window on the side of the house, and he put low, curved eyebrow dormers on either side of the third-floor gable.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνθέμιον (anthémion), from ἄνθος (ánthos).
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.