artemisia
/ˌɑː.tɪˈmɪ.zɪə/
"artemisia" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“artemisia” is an uncommon English word, ranked #58,515 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #58,515
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine, oral contraceptive and flavoring.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | artemisia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɑː.tɪˈmɪ.zɪə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,515 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “artemisia” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for artemisia is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌɑː.tɪˈmɪ.zɪə/. Corpus data places it at rank #58,515 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine, oral contraceptive and flavoring.".
artemisia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From translingual Artemisia, from Latin artemisia, from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”). The correct English form is artemisia, spelled A-R-T-E-M-I-S-I-A.
Definition
- 1Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine, oral contraceptive and flavoring.
Etymology
From translingual Artemisia, from Latin artemisia, from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).
This word in other languages
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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- The one correct English spelling is A-R-T-E-M-I-S-I-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.