Arthurian
/ɑːˈθjʊəɹɪən/
"arthurian" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Arthurian” is an uncommon English word, ranked #52,781 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #52,781
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or pertaining to the legend of Arthur, king of the Britons, and his court at Camelot.
| 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) |
Where “Arthurian” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Arthurian is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɑːˈθjʊəɹɪən/. Corpus data places it at rank #52,781 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “Arthurian”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-R-T-H-U-R-I-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɑːˈθjʊəɹɪən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.