Abydos
/əˈbaɪ.dɑs/
"abydos" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Abydos” is an uncommon English word, ranked #72,924 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #72,924
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An ancient city in Egypt with archaeological interest.
| 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) |
Where “Abydos” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Abydos is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈbaɪ.dɑs/. Corpus data places it at rank #72,924 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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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Using “Abydos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-B-Y-D-O-S - 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.