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Definition: Alexia |
AlexiaNoun1. Inability to perceive written words. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Alexia" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a helper", "a defender", "defend", "help". |
Date "alexia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Alexia \A*lex"i*a\, noun. [NL.; a- not Greek expression speech, from to speak, confused with Latin legere to read.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The inability to recognize or comprehend written or printed words. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: AlexiaSynonyms: visual aphasia (n), word blindness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Alexia |
| English words defined with "alexia": alexic ♦ word-blind. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Alexia" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (alexia, optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness), Spanish (Alexia). |
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| "Alexia" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 78.13% of the time. "Alexia" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 78.13% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Noun (singular) | 21.88% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 32 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "alexia" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Alexia | First name Female | 3,000 | 1,818 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Alexia" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a helper", "a defender", "defend", "help". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Alexia." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Alexis | Female, Male | Ancient Greek | Alexius |
| Alexius | Male | Ancient Greek (Latinized) | N/A |
| Alexej | Male | Czech | Alexius |
| Alexa | Female | English | Alexius |
| Alexia | Female | English | Alexius |
| Alexina | Female | English | Alexius |
| Alexis | Female, Male | English | Alexius |
| Lexia | Female | English | Alexia |
| Alexia | Female | German | Alexius |
| Alexis | Female, Male | German | Alexius |
| Elek | Male | Hungarian | Alexius |
| Alessia | Female | Italian | Alexius |
| Alessio | Male | Italian | Alexius |
| Aleksei | Male | Russian | Alexius |
| Alejo | Male | Spanish | Alexius |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "alexia": alexia musical ♦ sensory alexia ♦ visual alexia. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "alexia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | alexi (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness), aleksi (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness), erhvervet ordblindhed (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness). (various references) | |
Dutch | alexie (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness), alexia (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness). (various references) | |
French | alexie (sensory alexia, visual alexia). (various references) | |
German | Alexie (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness), Alexia (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness), alektische Stoerung (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness). (various references) | |
Greek | λεκτική τύφλωση (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness), αλεξία (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness), οπτική αφασία (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness). (various references) | |
Italian | amnesia visiva (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness), alessia (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness), tiflolessia (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness), cecit verbale (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alexiaay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | alexia (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness), cegueira verbal (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness). (various references) | |
Russian | алексия. (various references) | |
Spanish | Alexia (optic aphasia, sensory alexia, visual alexia, visual aphasia, word aphasia, word blindness). (various references) | |
Turkish | Aleksi, Okuma Yitimi. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Алексія. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "alexia": alexias. (additional references) | |
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"Alexia" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aalenian, Aelia, Alasia, Aleix, Aleksey, Aleksi, Aleksii, Alenia, Alesia, Alesina, aletia, Aleuin, alexias, Alexie, alexin, Alezia, Alitia, Allenia, Alletio, Alxi, anexia, Aolaia, cahexia, Galaxia, Galesia, Iglesia, lexia, lexie, Olesiak, Saluggia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "alexia" (pronounced ule"ksēu) |
| 6 | -l e" k s ē u | dyslexia. |
| 5 | -e" k s ē u | anorexia. |
| 4 | -k s ē u | ataxia, hypoxia. |
| 3 | -s ē u | celosia, intelligentsia, Valencia. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-l-x" | |
-1 letter: axial, axile. | |
-2 letters: alae, axal, axel, axil, axle, ilea, ilex. | |
-3 letters: aal, ail, ala, ale, axe, lax, lea, lei, lex, lie. | |
-4 letters: aa, ae, ai, al, ax, el, ex, la, li, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-l-x" | |
+1 letter: abaxile, alexias, axillae. | |
+2 letters: galaxies, laxative, maxillae, preaxial, saxatile. | |
+3 letters: affixable, catalexis, epitaxial, laxatives. | |
+4 letters: ambisexual, antisexual, asexuality, axenically, axialities, axillaries, exaltation, examinable, exhalation, exhilarate, fraxinella, paclitaxel, premaxilla, relaxation. | |
+5 letters: alexandrine, alexandrite, ambisexuals, auxiliaries, cataplexies, epitaxially, exaltations, exclamation, exhalations, exhilarated, exhilarates, expansional, explainable, explanation, explanative, fraxinellas, hexadecimal, maxillaries, paclitaxels, premaxillae, relaxations, sexagesimal. | |
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