Areopagus
/æɹiˈɒpəɡəs/
"areopagus" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Areopagus” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The supreme judicial and legislative council of ancient Athens.
Corpus desk
Index EN-areopagus · Areopagus · English
Areopagus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Areopagus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /æɹiˈɒpəɡəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Areopagus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Areopagus is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /æɹiˈɒpəɡəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Areopagus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Ἄρειος Πάγος (Áreios Págos, literally “Rock of Ares”), which in classical times functioned as the high Court of Appeal for criminal and civil cases in Athens. The correct English form is Areopagus, spelled A-R-E-O-P-A-G-U-S.
Definition
- 1The supreme judicial and legislative council of ancient Athens.
- 2A prominent rock outcropping located northwest of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Areopagus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When the great emergencies of the state required his presence and attention, he was engaged in conversation with the philosopher Plotinus, wasting his time in trifling or licentious pleasures, preparing his initiation to the Grecian mysteries, or soliciting a place in the Areopagus of Athens.
All hands were on deck, all the afternoon, with books and maps and glasses, trying to determine which “narrow rocky ridge” was the Areopagus, which sloping hill the Pnyx, which elevation the Museum Hill, and so on.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἄρειος Πάγος (Áreios Págos, literally “Rock of Ares”), which in classical times functioned as the high Court of Appeal for criminal and civil cases in Athens.
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.