Alcibiades
/ˌælsəˈbaɪədiz/
"alcibiades" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Alcibiades” is uncommon English (frequency #74,714 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,714
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs), notably borne by Alcibiades (450–404 B.C.), a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alcibiades · Alcibiades · English
Alcibiades · rank #74,714 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,714
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Albie
Nearest frequency peer: Albie (-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 “Alcibiades”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Akiba
Akiba
25,291 corpus weight
- Alamogordo
Alamogordo
25,289 corpus weight
- Albie
Albie
25,288 corpus weight
- Alcibiades
Alcibiades
25,287 corpus weight
- Alitalia
Alitalia
25,285 corpus weight
- Amery
Amery
25,283 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Alcibiades” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alcibiades |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌælsəˈbaɪədiz/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Alcibiades” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Alcibiades is uncommon English at frequency #74,714 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌælsəˈbaɪədiz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs), notably borne by Alcibiades (450–404 B.C.), a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Alcibiades, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Alcibiadēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs). The correct English form is Alcibiades, spelled A-L-C-I-B-I-A-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs), notably borne by Alcibiades (450–404 B.C.), a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Alcibiades appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alcibiades was a happy union of coxcomb and conqueror; but there was in him a want of that repose, and of that superb self-reliance, which characterises the Roman.
Etymology
From Latin Alcibiadēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs).
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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