Arminian
"arminian" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Arminian” is uncommon English (frequency #83,980 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,980
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who follows the soteriological doctrine of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius that people are able to choose to resist or accept divine grace and therefore faith and salvation through f...
Corpus desk
Index EN-arminian · Arminian · English
Arminian · rank #83,980 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,980
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH arithmetical
Nearest frequency peer: arithmetical (-1 rank slots)
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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 “Arminian”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Arcturus
Arcturus
16,023 corpus weight
- arithmetical
arithmetical
16,022 corpus weight
- Arminian
Arminian
16,021 corpus weight
- askance
askance
16,019 corpus weight
- Asmara
Asmara
16,018 corpus weight
- aspirate
aspirate
16,017 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Arminian” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arminian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Arminian” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Arminian is uncommon English at frequency #83,980 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who follows the soteriological doctrine of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius that people are able to choose to resist or accept divine grace and therefore faith and salvation through f...".
Zero misspellings are on record for Arminian in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Dutch arminiaan. Equivalent to Arminius + -an. The correct English form is Arminian, spelled A-R-M-I-N-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1A person who follows the soteriological doctrine of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius that people are able to choose to resist or accept divine grace and therefore faith and salvation through free will.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch arminiaan. Equivalent to Arminius + -an.
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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