magnesia
/ˌmæɡˈniʒə/
"magnesia" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“magnesia” is uncommon English (frequency #66,814 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,814
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - magnesium oxide
Corpus desk
Index EN-magnesia · magnesia · English
magnesia · rank #66,814 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,814
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mammon
Nearest frequency peer: Mammon (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “magnesia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- loudmouth
loudmouth
33,193 corpus weight
- lunt
lunt
33,190 corpus weight
- magnesia
magnesia
33,187 corpus weight
- Mammon
Mammon
33,186 corpus weight
- marvelously
marvelously
33,182 corpus weight
- Marxian
Marxian
33,181 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “magnesia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | magnesia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌmæɡˈniʒə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “magnesia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
magnesia is uncommon English at frequency #66,814 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌmæɡˈniʒə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "magnesium oxide".
Zero misspellings are on record for magnesia in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English magnesia, from Late Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía), a name of several cities (in Thessaly, Lydia, and Asia Minor). Doublet of Magnesia, magnesium, and manganese, and related to magnet. The correct English form is magnesia, spelled M-A-G-N-E-S-I-A.
Definition
- 1magnesium oxide
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how magnesia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The apocrenates of iron and manganese are slightly soluble; those of lime, magnesia and alumina are insoluble.
Etymology
From Middle English magnesia, from Late Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía), a name of several cities (in Thessaly, Lydia, and Asia Minor). Doublet of Magnesia, magnesium, and manganese, and related to magnet.
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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