Acheron
/ˈæ.kəɹ.ən/
"acheron" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Acheron” is uncommon English (frequency #85,986 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,986
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A river in the infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets, it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.
Corpus desk
Index EN-acheron · Acheron · English
Acheron · rank #85,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,986
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH acanthus
Nearest frequency peer: acanthus (-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 “Acheron”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- abrogate
abrogate
14,017 corpus weight
- acanthus
acanthus
14,016 corpus weight
- Acheron
Acheron
14,015 corpus weight
- ACOG
ACOG
14,014 corpus weight
- acrylate
acrylate
14,013 corpus weight
- Adders
Adders
14,012 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Acheron” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Acheron |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈæ.kəɹ.ən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Acheron” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Acheron is uncommon English at frequency #85,986 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈæ.kəɹ.ən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Acheron, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Acherōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn), probably Pre-Greek but folk-etymologically said to be from ἄχος (ákhos, “pain, distress”) + ῥέον (rhéon, “stream”). The correct English form is Acheron, spelled A-C-H-E-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1A river in the infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets, it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.
- 2Hell
- 3A small town in Victoria, Australia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Acheron appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And pull her out of Acheron by the heels
Acheron and Phlegeton, which a subterraneous fire causes to boil, are the billows of that hell which was visited by Æneas.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Acherōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn), probably Pre-Greek but folk-etymologically said to be from ἄχος (ákhos, “pain, distress”) + ῥέον (rhéon, “stream”).
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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