arteriosclerosis
/ɑːˌtɪəɹɪəʊskləˈrəʊsɪs/
"arteriosclerosis" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“arteriosclerosis” is uncommon English (frequency #98,984 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,984
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessels.
Corpus desk
Index EN-arteriosclerosis · arteriosclerosis · English
arteriosclerosis · rank #98,984 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,984
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH arnis
Nearest frequency peer: arnis (-2 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 “arteriosclerosis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- archaeologi…
archaeologically
1,022 corpus weight
- archmage
archmage
1,021 corpus weight
- Arimathea
Arimathea
1,020 corpus weight
- arnis
arnis
1,019 corpus weight
- arterioscle…
arteriosclerosis
1,017 corpus weight
- Averroes
Averroes
1,008 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “arteriosclerosis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arteriosclerosis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɑːˌtɪəɹɪəʊskləˈrəʊsɪs/ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #98,984 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “arteriosclerosis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
arteriosclerosis is uncommon English at frequency #98,984 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɑːˌtɪəɹɪəʊskləˈrəʊsɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessels.".
Zero misspellings are on record for arteriosclerosis in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From arterio- + sclerosis. The correct English form is arteriosclerosis, spelled A-R-T-E-R-I-O-S-C-L-E-R-O-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessels.
Etymology
From arterio- + sclerosis.
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 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).