artesian
/ɑɹˈtiʒən/
"artesian" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“artesian” is uncommon English (frequency #59,868 among 35,202 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,868
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rising to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | artesian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɑɹˈtiʒən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “artesian” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
artesian is uncommon English at frequency #59,868 among 35,202 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɑɹˈtiʒən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for artesian in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French puits artésien (“artesian well”), from the former province of Artois, where the technique of artesian wells was elaborated by monks in the 12th century. The correct English form is artesian, spelled A-R-T-E-S-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Rising to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure.
- 2Misspelling of artisan.
Etymology
From French puits artésien (“artesian well”), from the former province of Artois, where the technique of artesian wells was elaborated by monks in the 12th century.
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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Using “artesian”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-R-T-E-S-I-A-N - 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.