Atalanta
"atalanta" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Atalanta” is an uncommon English word, ranked #52,157 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #52,157
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A huntress and heroine in Greek mythology, renowned for her great speed and strength; depending on the version of the myth, either the daughter of Iasus (a prince of Arcadia) by Clymene or of King ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Atalanta |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,157 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Atalanta” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Atalanta is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #52,157 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.
No misspelling variants are generated for Atalanta in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin Atalanta, from Ancient Greek Ἀταλάντη (Atalántē, “balanced”), from ἀ- (a-, “used to express unity”) + τάλαντον (tálanton, “balanced”). The correct English form is Atalanta, spelled A-T-A-L-A-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1A huntress and heroine in Greek mythology, renowned for her great speed and strength; depending on the version of the myth, either the daughter of Iasus (a prince of Arcadia) by Clymene or of King Schoeneus of Boeotia.
- 2The main belt asteroid 36 Atalante.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Atalanta, from Ancient Greek Ἀταλάντη (Atalántē, “balanced”), from ἀ- (a-, “used to express unity”) + τάλαντον (tálanton, “balanced”).
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 “Atalanta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-T-A-L-A-N-T-A - 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.