Acheron
/ˈæ.kəɹ.ən/
"acheron" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Acheron” is an uncommon English word, ranked #85,986 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #85,986
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “Acheron” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Acheron is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈæ.kəɹ.ən/. Corpus data places it at rank #85,986 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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- The one correct English spelling is A-C-H-E-R-O-N - 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.