Arminius
"arminius" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Arminius” is an uncommon English word, ranked #88,064 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #88,064
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A chieftain of the Cherusci (an ancient Germanic tribe) who defeated the Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
| 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) |
Where “Arminius” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Arminius is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #88,064 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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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Using “Arminius”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-R-M-I-N-I-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.