arrhythmia

Name: arrhythmia, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/eɪˈɹɪð.mɪ.ə/

//eɪˈɹɪð.mɪ.ə// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“arrhythmia” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,001. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,001
frequency rank, English: 3,931
“A” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse.

Corpus desk

Index EN-arrhythmia · arrhythmia · English

arrhythmia · rank #41,001 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #41,001
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-MID 3,931
PHOTO-FINISH arf

Nearest frequency peer: arf (-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.

anaesthesia

59,006
arf

59,001
arrhythmia

59,000
arsed

58,999
baddest

58,997
Bahraini

58,996

What this shows “arrhythmia” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for arrhythmia
Property	Value
Headword	arrhythmia
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/eɪˈɹɪð.mɪ.ə/
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#41,001
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “arrhythmia”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).arrhythmialands here:

#41,001

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “arf” (#41,000), “arsed” (#41,002), “baddest” (#41,004). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “arrhythmia” is #41,001. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around arrhythmia (IPA /eɪˈɹɪð.mɪ.ə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,001 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for arrhythmia, with forms such as "arhrythmia", "arhythmia", and "arrhhythmia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from New Latin arrhythmia, from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía), equivalent to a- + rhythm + -ia. The correct English form is arrhythmia, spelled A-R-R-H-Y-T-H-M-I-A.

Definition

1
An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse.
2
A disease entity involving such beats, such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, or others.

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin arrhythmia, from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía), equivalent to a- + rhythm + -ia.

Synonyms

dysrhythmia

This word in other languages

arritmia(Español)arythmie(Français)Herzrhythmusstörung(Deutsch)arritmia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

arhrythmia
arhythmia
arrhhythmia
arrhtyhmia
arrhyhtmia
arrhythhmia
arrhythima
arrhythmai
arrhythmmia
arrhytmhia
arrhytthmia
arrhyythmia
arryhthmia
rarhythmia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arrhythmia - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "arrhythmia"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arrhythmia"?

"arrhythmia" is spelled A-R-R-H-Y-T-H-M-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /eɪˈɹɪð.mɪ.ə/.

What does "arrhythmia" mean?

As a noun, "arrhythmia" means: An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse.

What are common misspellings of "arrhythmia"?

Common misspellings include "arhrythmia", "arhythmia", "arrhhythmia", "arrhtyhmia", "arrhyhtmia". The correct spelling is "arrhythmia".

How do you pronounce "arrhythmia"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arrhythmia" is /eɪˈɹɪð.mɪ.ə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "arrhythmia"?

Borrowed from New Latin arrhythmia, from Ancient Greek ἀρρυθμία (arrhuthmía), equivalent to a- + rhythm + -ia. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "arrhythmia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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