artemisia
/ˌɑː.tɪˈmɪ.zɪə/
"artemisia" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“artemisia” is uncommon English (frequency #58,515 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,515
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index EN-artemisia · artemisia · English
artemisia · rank #58,515 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,515
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH asphyxia
Nearest frequency peer: asphyxia (+3 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 “artemisia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- après
après
41,492 corpus weight
- argan
argan
41,490 corpus weight
- artemisia
artemisia
41,486 corpus weight
- asphyxia
asphyxia
41,483 corpus weight
- Asturias
Asturias
41,482 corpus weight
- Athol
Athol
41,481 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “artemisia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “artemisia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
artemisia is uncommon English at frequency #58,515 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɑː.tɪˈmɪ.zɪə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how artemisia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the event of anyone wishing to invoke the very Prince of Spirits, the following ingredients were prescribed to be burnt - Juice of Hypericon, Saffron, Artemisia, and the root of Valerian.
Our central issue, however, is whether the artemisia of Dioscorides is mugwort. Fuchs in Germany shows no hesitation in accepting the beyfusz of his country, called armoise by the French and Artemisia latifolia or broadleaved artemisia by the Italians, is the artemisia of Dioscorides, Galen, and Pliny, and he quotes them exactly on the plant's medicinal a…
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).