Apollonia

name

"apollonia" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Apollonia” is uncommon English (frequency #86,020 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,020
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Corpus desk

Index EN-apollonia · Apollonia · English

Apollonia · rank #86,020 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,020
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aosta

Nearest frequency peer: Aosta (-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 “Apollonia”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Apollonia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Apollonia
PropertyValue
HeadwordApollonia
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#86,020
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Apollonia” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Apolloniafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Aosta” (#86,019), “anxiolytic” (#86,018), “antifascist” (#86,016). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “Apollonia” is #86,020. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Apollonia is uncommon English at frequency #86,020 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 Apollonia, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Apollōnia, from Ancient Greek Ἀπολλωνία (Apollōnía). The correct English form is Apollonia, spelled A-P-O-L-L-O-N-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A female given name from Ancient Greek.
  2. 2
    Any of a number of Ancient Greek cities and colonies.

Etymology

From Latin Apollōnia, from Ancient Greek Ἀπολλωνία (Apollōnía).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Apollonia"?
"Apollonia" is spelled A-P-O-L-L-O-N-I-A.
What does "Apollonia" mean?
As a proper noun, "Apollonia" means: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
What is the origin of the word "Apollonia"?
From Latin Apollōnia, from Ancient Greek Ἀπολλωνία (Apollōnía). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Apollonia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list