Arimathea
/ˌæɹɪməˈθiːə/
"arimathea" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Arimathea” is an uncommon English word, ranked #98,981 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #98,981
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city of Judea, the reported home of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arimathea |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌæɹɪməˈθiːə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Arimathea” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Arimathea is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌæɹɪməˈθiːə/. Corpus data places it at rank #98,981 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A city of Judea, the reported home of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion.".
Arimathea has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Ἀριμαθέα (Arimathéa). The correct English form is Arimathea, spelled A-R-I-M-A-T-H-E-A.
Definition
- 1A city of Judea, the reported home of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀριμαθέα (Arimathéa).
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 “Arimathea”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-R-I-M-A-T-H-E-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.