Arminius
"arminius" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Arminius” is uncommon English (frequency #88,064 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,064
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A chieftain of the Cherusci (an ancient Germanic tribe) who defeated the Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
Corpus desk
Index EN-arminius · Arminius · English
Arminius · rank #88,064 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,064
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Armond
Nearest frequency peer: Armond (+1 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 “Arminius”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Applewhite
Applewhite
11,942 corpus weight
- Aquarian
Aquarian
11,941 corpus weight
- Arminius
Arminius
11,937 corpus weight
- Armond
Armond
11,936 corpus weight
- arrowsmith
arrowsmith
11,934 corpus weight
- Arundhati
Arundhati
11,932 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Arminius” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arminius |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,064 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Arminius” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Arminius is uncommon English at frequency #88,064 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Arminius, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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: From Latin Arminius, probably from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz, but has been associated, at least since the 16th century, with the name Herman, German Hermann. The correct English form is Arminius, spelled A-R-M-I-N-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1A chieftain of the Cherusci (an ancient Germanic tribe) who defeated the Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
- 2Jacobus Arminius, Dutch theologian and founder of Arminianism.
Etymology
From Latin Arminius, probably from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz, but has been associated, at least since the 16th century, with the name Herman, German Hermann.
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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