androsphinx
/ˈændɹəsˌfɪŋks/
"androsphinx" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“androsphinx” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A sphinx with the head of a man.
Corpus desk
Index EN-androsphinx · androsphinx · English
androsphinx · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | androsphinx |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈændɹəsˌfɪŋks/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “androsphinx” in English
Rare enough to double-check
androsphinx is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈændɹəsˌfɪŋks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A sphinx with the head of a man.".
Zero misspellings are on record for androsphinx in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From andro- + sphinx. The correct English form is androsphinx, spelled A-N-D-R-O-S-P-H-I-N-X.
Definition
- 1A sphinx with the head of a man.
Etymology
From andro- + sphinx.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.