# arrhythmia

> English word · Noun · IPA /eɪˈɹɪð.mɪ.ə/ · frequency rank #41,001

## Definitions
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.

## Common misspellings (14)
`arhrythmia`, `arhythmia`, `arrhhythmia`, `arrhtyhmia`, `arrhyhtmia`, `arrhythhmia`, `arrhythima`, `arrhythmai`, `arrhythmmia`, `arrhytmhia`, `arrhytthmia`, `arrhyythmia`, `arryhthmia`, `rarhythmia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/arrhythmia