bradycardia
/bɹæ.dɪˈkɑː(ɹ).di.ə/
"bradycardia" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bradycardia” is uncommon English (frequency #80,264 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,264
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bradycardia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɹæ.dɪˈkɑː(ɹ).di.ə/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #80,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bradycardia” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bradycardia is uncommon English at frequency #80,264 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɹæ.dɪˈkɑː(ɹ).di.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bradycardia in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 Ancient Greek βραδύς (bradús, “slow”) + καρδία (kardía, “heart”), equivalent to brady- + -cardia. The correct English form is bradycardia, spelled B-R-A-D-Y-C-A-R-D-I-A.
Definition
- 1The condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βραδύς (bradús, “slow”) + καρδία (kardía, “heart”), equivalent to brady- + -cardia.
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 “bradycardia”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-R-A-D-Y-C-A-R-D-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bɹæ.dɪˈkɑː(ɹ).di.ə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.