Arimathea
/ˌæɹɪməˈθiːə/
"arimathea" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Arimathea” is uncommon English (frequency #98,981 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,981
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index EN-arimathea · Arimathea · English
Arimathea · rank #98,981 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,981
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH archmage
Nearest frequency peer: archmage (-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 “Arimathea”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Anuj
Anuj
1,029 corpus weight
- archaeologi…
archaeologically
1,022 corpus weight
- archmage
archmage
1,021 corpus weight
- Arimathea
Arimathea
1,020 corpus weight
- arnis
arnis
1,019 corpus weight
- arterioscle…
arteriosclerosis
1,017 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Arimathea” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Arimathea” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Arimathea is uncommon English at frequency #98,981 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌæɹɪməˈθiːə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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