cardiac arrest
/ˈkɑɹdiˌæk əˈɹɛst/
"cardiac-arrest" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cardiac arrest” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The sudden and complete cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cardiac-arrest · cardiac arrest · English
cardiac arrest · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cardiac arrest |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑɹdiˌæk əˈɹɛst/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cardiac arrest” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cardiac arrest is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɑɹdiˌæk əˈɹɛst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The sudden and complete cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cardiac arrest, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is cardiac arrest, spelled C-A-R-D-I-A-C- -A-R-R-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1The sudden and complete cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cardiac arrest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She went a few months before Sukumar died, a cardiac arrest in the middle of an afternoon nap, her rickety heart beating one moment, and then no more.
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.