anxiety disorder
"anxiety-disorder" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anxiety disorder” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A disorder characterised by excessive anxiety.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anxiety disorder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anxiety disorder” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
anxiety disorder is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A disorder characterised by excessive anxiety.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for anxiety disorder, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is anxiety disorder, spelled A-N-X-I-E-T-Y- -D-I-S-O-R-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1A disorder characterised by excessive anxiety.
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.
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- The one correct English spelling is A-N-X-I-E-T-Y- -D-I-S-O-R-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.