Aion
"aion" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Aion” is uncommon English (frequency #85,994 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,994
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Hellenistic deity associated with time, the orb or circle encompassing the universe, and the zodiac.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aion · Aion · English
Aion · rank #85,994 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,994
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH akimbo
Nearest frequency peer: akimbo (+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 “Aion”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Adders
Adders
14,012 corpus weight
- affixing
affixing
14,009 corpus weight
- Aion
Aion
14,007 corpus weight
- akimbo
akimbo
14,006 corpus weight
- Albano
Albano
14,004 corpus weight
- Alexandros
Alexandros
14,002 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Aion” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aion |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #85,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Aion” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Aion is uncommon English at frequency #85,994 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Aion, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Αἰών (Aiṓn, “Greek god or personification, Gnostic spirit”). The correct English form is Aion, spelled A-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A Hellenistic deity associated with time, the orb or circle encompassing the universe, and the zodiac.
- 2Alternative spelling of aeon.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Αἰών (Aiṓn, “Greek god or personification, Gnostic spirit”).
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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