archon
/ˈɑː(ɹ)kən/
"archon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“archon” is uncommon English (frequency #52,778 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,778
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.
Corpus desk
Index EN-archon · archon · English
archon · rank #52,778 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,778
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH arrondissement
Nearest frequency peer: arrondissement (+2 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 “archon”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- annunciation
annunciation
47,227 corpus weight
- AOR
AOR
47,226 corpus weight
- archon
archon
47,223 corpus weight
- arrondissem…
arrondissement
47,221 corpus weight
- Arthurian
Arthurian
47,220 corpus weight
- articular
articular
47,219 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “archon” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | archon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɑː(ɹ)kən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,778 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “archon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
archon is uncommon English at frequency #52,778 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɑː(ɹ)kən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for archon, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn), a noun use of the present participle of ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule”). The correct English form is archon, spelled A-R-C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.
- 2A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings.
- 3A ruler, head of state or other leader.
- 4A supernatural ruler of the cosmos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how archon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hated by the archons of Athens for his fearless condemnation of municipal graft, he was hypocritically arraigned on a charge of corrupting Athenian youth.
But neither the midwife’s lore nor the caudlectures saved him from the archons of Sinn Fein and their noggin of hemlock.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn), a noun use of the present participle of ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule”).
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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