Antiochus
/ænˈtaɪəkəs/
"antiochus" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Antiochus” is uncommon English (frequency #55,239 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,239
- 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 Ἀντίοχος (Antíokhos), notably borne by the thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty.
Corpus desk
Index EN-antiochus · Antiochus · English
Antiochus · rank #55,239 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,239
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Anniston
Nearest frequency peer: Anniston (-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 “Antiochus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- analytically
analytically
44,765 corpus weight
- Andalusian
Andalusian
44,764 corpus weight
- Anniston
Anniston
44,763 corpus weight
- Antiochus
Antiochus
44,762 corpus weight
- apace
apace
44,761 corpus weight
- Appalachians
Appalachians
44,760 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Antiochus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Antiochus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ænˈtaɪəkəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,239 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Antiochus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Antiochus is uncommon English at frequency #55,239 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ænˈtaɪəkəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀντίοχος (Antíokhos), notably borne by the thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty.".
Antiochus has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Antiochus, from Ancient Greek Ἀντίοχος (Antíokhos). The correct English form is Antiochus, spelled A-N-T-I-O-C-H-U-S.
Definition
- 1A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀντίοχος (Antíokhos), notably borne by the thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty.
Etymology
From Latin Antiochus, from Ancient Greek Ἀντίοχος (Antíokhos).
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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