# tachycardia

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌtæk.ɪˈkɑː.di.ə/ · frequency rank #47,949

## Definitions
1. A rapid resting heart rate, especially one above 100 beats per minute; palpitations.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin tachycardia, from Ancient Greek ταχύς (takhús, “swift”) + καρδία (kardía, “heart”). By surface analysis, tachy- + -cardia. Compare French tachycardie.

## Common misspellings (17)
`atchycardia`, `tacchycardia`, `tachcyardia`, `tachhycardia`, `tachyacrdia`, `tachycadria`, `tachycardai`, `tachycarddia`, `tachycarida`, `tachycarrdia`, `tachyccardia`, `tachycradia`, `tachyycardia`, `tacyhcardia`, `tahcycardia`, `tcahycardia`, `ttachycardia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tachycardia