Asclepius
/əˈskliːpi.əs/
"asclepius" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Asclepius” is an uncommon English word, ranked #95,697 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #95,697
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Greek mythological deity, the god of doctors, medicine and healing; a son of Apollo and the Thessalian princess Coronis, husband to the goddess Epione and father of the Asclepiades; identified wi...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Asclepius |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /əˈskliːpi.əs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #95,697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Asclepius” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Asclepius is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈskliːpi.əs/. Corpus data places it at rank #95,697 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.
Asclepius doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Asclēpius, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκληπιός (Asklēpiós). The correct English form is Asclepius, spelled A-S-C-L-E-P-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1A Greek mythological deity, the god of doctors, medicine and healing; a son of Apollo and the Thessalian princess Coronis, husband to the goddess Epione and father of the Asclepiades; identified with the Roman god Aesculapius.
- 2The Apollo asteroid 4581 Asclepius.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Asclēpius, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκληπιός (Asklēpiós).
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 “Asclepius”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-S-C-L-E-P-I-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈskliːpi.əs/ (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.