Arthurian
/ɑːˈθjʊəɹɪən/
"arthurian" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Arthurian” is uncommon English (frequency #52,781 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,781
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to the legend of Arthur, king of the Britons, and his court at Camelot.
Corpus desk
Index EN-arthurian · Arthurian · English
Arthurian · rank #52,781 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,781
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH arrondissement
Nearest frequency peer: arrondissement (-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 “Arthurian”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- archon
archon
47,223 corpus weight
- arrondissem…
arrondissement
47,221 corpus weight
- Arthurian
Arthurian
47,220 corpus weight
- articular
articular
47,219 corpus weight
- asylums
asylums
47,217 corpus weight
- avarice
avarice
47,216 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Arthurian” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arthurian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɑːˈθjʊəɹɪən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,781 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Arthurian” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Arthurian is uncommon English at frequency #52,781 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɑːˈθjʊəɹɪən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to the legend of Arthur, king of the Britons, and his court at Camelot.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Arthurian in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arthur + -ian. The correct English form is Arthurian, spelled A-R-T-H-U-R-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to the legend of Arthur, king of the Britons, and his court at Camelot.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Arthurian appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A reminder of the Arthurian legends comes with the next station, Camelford, where passengers alight for Boscastle and Tintagel with their fine coast scenery, and near to which is Slaughter Bridge, where King Arthur is supposed to have fought his last.
Etymology
From Arthur + -ian.
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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