Aesop
/ˈiːsɒp/
"aesop" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Aesop” is an uncommon English word, ranked #50,922 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #50,922
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An Ancient Greek author, famous for the fables ascribed to him.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aesop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈiːsɒp/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Aesop” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Aesop is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈiːsɒp/. Corpus data places it at rank #50,922 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An Ancient Greek author, famous for the fables ascribed to him.".
Aesop has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Αἴσωπος (Aísōpos). The correct English form is Aesop, spelled A-E-S-O-P.
Definition
- 1An Ancient Greek author, famous for the fables ascribed to him.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Αἴσωπος (Aísōpos).
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 “Aesop”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-E-S-O-P - 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.