Aristophanes
/æɹɪsˈtɒfəniːz/
"aristophanes" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Aristophanes” is uncommon English (frequency #60,627 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,627
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An Ancient Greek male name, most famously borne by a playwright who lived from circa 446 BC to circa 386 BC.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aristophanes · Aristophanes · English
Aristophanes · rank #60,627 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,627
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH attesting
Nearest frequency peer: attesting (+3 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 “Aristophanes”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Amundsen
Amundsen
39,382 corpus weight
- Anstey
Anstey
39,379 corpus weight
- Aristophanes
Aristophanes
39,374 corpus weight
- attesting
attesting
39,371 corpus weight
- Ayman
Ayman
39,367 corpus weight
- Azar
Azar
39,366 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Aristophanes” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aristophanes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /æɹɪsˈtɒfəniːz/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #60,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Aristophanes” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Aristophanes is uncommon English at frequency #60,627 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /æɹɪsˈtɒfəniːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An Ancient Greek male name, most famously borne by a playwright who lived from circa 446 BC to circa 386 BC.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Aristophanes in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Aristophanēs, from the Ancient Greek Ἀριστοφᾰ́νης (Aristophắnēs). The correct English form is Aristophanes, spelled A-R-I-S-T-O-P-H-A-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1An Ancient Greek male name, most famously borne by a playwright who lived from circa 446 BC to circa 386 BC.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Aristophanēs, from the Ancient Greek Ἀριστοφᾰ́νης (Aristophắnēs).
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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