Abydos
/əˈbaɪ.dɑs/
"abydos" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Abydos” is uncommon English (frequency #72,924 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,924
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ancient city in Egypt with archaeological interest.
Corpus desk
Index EN-abydos · Abydos · English
Abydos · rank #72,924 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,924
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH ABG
Nearest frequency peer: ABG (-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 “Abydos”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Zug
Zug
27,089 corpus weight
- ABG
ABG
27,078 corpus weight
- Abydos
Abydos
27,077 corpus weight
- accrues
accrues
27,073 corpus weight
- aker
aker
27,068 corpus weight
- Altuve
Altuve
27,065 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Abydos” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abydos |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /əˈbaɪ.dɑs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,924 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Abydos” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Abydos is uncommon English at frequency #72,924 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /əˈbaɪ.dɑs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Abydos, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄβυδος (Ábudos), from Egyptian Ab-b-Dw:O49 (ꜣbḏw). The correct English form is Abydos, spelled A-B-Y-D-O-S.
Definition
- 1An ancient city in Egypt with archaeological interest.
- 2An ancient city of Mysia in northwest Asia Minor in modern Turkey, on the Hellespont.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄβυδος (Ábudos), from Egyptian Ab-b-Dw:O49 (ꜣbḏw).
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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