magnesia
/ˌmæɡˈniʒə/
"magnesia" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“magnesia” is uncommon English (frequency #66,814 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,814
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - magnesium oxide
| 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) |
Where “magnesia” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
magnesia is uncommon English at frequency #66,814 among 36,575 “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
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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Using “magnesia”
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- The one correct English spelling is M-A-G-N-E-S-I-A - 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.