Achaemenid
/əˈkiːmənɪd/
"achaemenid" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Achaemenid” is an uncommon English word, ranked #93,368 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #93,368
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or relating to the dynasty which ruled the Persian empire c. 550–330 BCE (the Achaemenid Empire), founded by Achaemenes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Achaemenid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈkiːmənɪd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #93,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Achaemenid” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Achaemenid is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈkiːmənɪd/. Corpus data places it at rank #93,368 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Of or relating to the dynasty which ruled the Persian empire c. 550–330 BCE (the Achaemenid Empire), founded by Achaemenes.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Achaemenid in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Achaemenidēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμενίδης (Akhaimenídēs), from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs) + Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix). By surface analysis, Achaemenes + -id. The correct English form is Achaemenid, spelled A-C-H-A-E-M-E-N-I-D.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to the dynasty which ruled the Persian empire c. 550–330 BCE (the Achaemenid Empire), founded by Achaemenes.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Achaemenidēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμενίδης (Akhaimenídēs), from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs) + Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix). By surface analysis, Achaemenes + -id.
This word in other languages
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 “Achaemenid”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-C-H-A-E-M-E-N-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈkiːmənɪd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.