artificial respiration

noun

"artificial-respiration" is a 21-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“artificial respiration” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
22
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs of a person who is not breathing in order to maintain life.

Corpus desk

Index EN-artificial-respiration · artificial respiration · English

artificial respiration · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 22 letters
  • VOW-10 10 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for artificial respiration
PropertyValue
Headwordartificial respiration
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters22
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “artificial respiration” in English

artificial respirationfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

artificial respiration is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs of a person who is not breathing in order to maintain life.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for artificial respiration, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is artificial respiration, spelled A-R-T-I-F-I-C-I-A-L- -R-E-S-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs of a person who is not breathing in order to maintain life.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how artificial respiration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. With a stride, the doctor reached the bed, and seizing her arms worked them energetically, applying what I knew to be artificial respiration. He issued a few short sharp orders to the servants.

Synonyms

kiss of lifemouth-to-mouth resuscitation

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "artificial respiration"?
"artificial respiration" is spelled A-R-T-I-F-I-C-I-A-L- -R-E-S-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "artificial respiration" mean?
As a noun, "artificial respiration" means: The manual or mechanical forcing of air into the lungs of a person who is not breathing in order to maintain life.
What language does "artificial respiration" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list