aphasia
/əˈfeɪzɪə/
"aphasia" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aphasia” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #46,907 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #46,907
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aphasia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈfeɪzɪə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #46,907 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aphasia” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for aphasia is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈfeɪzɪə/. Corpus data places it at rank #46,907 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for aphasia, with forms such as "ahpasia", "apahsia", and "aphaisa". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French aphasie, from Ancient Greek ἀφασία (aphasía), from ἄφατος (áphatos, “speechless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + φάσις (phásis, “speech”). Equivalent to a- + -phasia. The correct English form is aphasia, spelled A-P-H-A-S-I-A.
Definition
- 1A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.
Etymology
From French aphasie, from Ancient Greek ἀφασία (aphasía), from ἄφατος (áphatos, “speechless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + φάσις (phásis, “speech”). Equivalent to a- + -phasia.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ahpasia,apahsia,aphaisa,aphasai,aphassia,aphhasia,aphsaia,apphasia,pahasia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aphasia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “aphasia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-P-H-A-S-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈfeɪzɪə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
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.