# artery

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɑː.tə.ɹi/ · frequency rank #12,006

## Definitions
1. Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.
2. A major transit corridor in a system of roads, rivers, or railway lines.

## Etymology
Late Middle English arterie, borrowing from Old French artaire and Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe; artery”).

## Easily confused with
- **arty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artery-vs-arty)
- **Avery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artery-vs-avery)
- **artsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artery-vs-artsy)
- **aster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artery-vs-aster)
- **after** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/after-vs-artery)
- **alter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alter-vs-artery)
- **archery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/archery-vs-artery)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aretry`, `arrtery`, `arterry`, `arteryy`, `arteyr`, `artrey`, `arttery`, `atrery`, `ratery`

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