Aesop
/ˈiːsɒp/
"aesop" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Aesop” is uncommon English (frequency #50,922 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,922
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An Ancient Greek author, famous for the fables ascribed to him.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aesop · Aesop · English
Aesop · rank #50,922 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,922
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH agglomeration
Nearest frequency peer: agglomeration (+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 “Aesop”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Aesop
Aesop
49,079 corpus weight
- agglomerati…
agglomeration
49,078 corpus weight
- Alaric
Alaric
49,077 corpus weight
- alchemists
alchemists
49,076 corpus weight
- Alissa
Alissa
49,075 corpus weight
- Alix
Alix
49,074 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Aesop” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Aesop” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Aesop is uncommon English at frequency #50,922 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈiːsɒp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Aesop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I'll win them by politeness, and... and... show them that I've nothing to do with that Aesop, that buffoon, that Pierrot, and have merely been taken in over this affair, just as they have.
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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