# arterial

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #20,838

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to an artery.
2. Major, important.

## Etymology
From artery + -al.

## Easily confused with
- **atrial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arterial-vs-atrial)
- **aerial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aerial-vs-arterial)

## Common misspellings (11)
`aretrial`, `arrterial`, `arteiral`, `arterail`, `arteriall`, `arterila`, `arterrial`, `artreial`, `artterial`, `atrerial`, `raterial`

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