anemia

/[aˈnemja]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,914

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

anemia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Concentración baja de hemoglobina en la sangre o capacidad disminuida de transportar oxígeno de la sangre. Pronounced [aˈnemja]. Often confused with anexa and ánima.

Key facts for anemia
PropertyValue
Headwordanemia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈnemja]
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,914
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of anemia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for anemia is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈnemja]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,914 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Concentración baja de hemoglobina en la sangre o capacidad disminuida de transportar oxígeno de la sangre.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for anemia, with forms such as "aenmia", "aneima", and "anemai". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "anexa", "ánima", "avería", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is anemia, spelled A-N-E-M-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Concentración baja de hemoglobina en la sangre o capacidad disminuida de transportar oxígeno de la sangre.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aenmia,aneima,anemai,anemmia,anmeia,annemia,naemia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for anemia

Misspelling Variants of "anemia"

aenmia6aneima6anemai6anemmia7anmeia6annemia7naemia6
Misspelling Variants of "anemia"

Frequency rank: #19,914 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anemia"?
"anemia" is spelled A-N-E-M-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈnemja].
What does "anemia" mean?
As a noun, "anemia" means: Concentración baja de hemoglobina en la sangre o capacidad disminuida de transportar oxígeno de la sangre.
What words are commonly confused with "anemia"?
"anemia" is commonly confused with "anexa", "ánima", "avería". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "anemia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anemia" is [aˈnemja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anemia" come from?
"anemia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.