archenemy
"archenemy" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“archenemy” is uncommon English (frequency #79,263 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,263
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A principal enemy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-archenemy · archenemy · English
archenemy · rank #79,263 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,263
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Aotearoa
Nearest frequency peer: Aotearoa (-4 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 “archenemy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Angier
Angier
20,748 corpus weight
- Anschluss
Anschluss
20,745 corpus weight
- Aoife
Aoife
20,743 corpus weight
- Aotearoa
Aotearoa
20,742 corpus weight
- archenemy
archenemy
20,738 corpus weight
- Ashbury
Ashbury
20,731 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “archenemy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | archenemy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “archenemy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
archenemy is uncommon English at frequency #79,263 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
archenemy has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From arch- (“chief, most extreme”) + enemy. The correct English form is archenemy, spelled A-R-C-H-E-N-E-M-Y.
Definition
- 1A principal enemy.
- 2A supreme and most powerful enemy.
Etymology
From arch- (“chief, most extreme”) + enemy.
Synonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).