Atreus
"atreus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Atreus” is uncommon English (frequency #83,988 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,988
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mythological king of Mycenae and son of Pelops and Hippodamia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-atreus · Atreus · English
Atreus · rank #83,988 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,988
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Athelstan
Nearest frequency peer: Athelstan (-2 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 “Atreus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Asmara
Asmara
16,018 corpus weight
- aspirate
aspirate
16,017 corpus weight
- Athelstan
Athelstan
16,015 corpus weight
- Atreus
Atreus
16,013 corpus weight
- Aydin
Aydin
16,011 corpus weight
- bacha
bacha
16,009 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Atreus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Atreus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Atreus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Atreus is uncommon English at frequency #83,988 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A mythological king of Mycenae and son of Pelops and Hippodamia.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Atreus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀτρεύς (Atreús). The correct English form is Atreus, spelled A-T-R-E-U-S.
Definition
- 1A mythological king of Mycenae and son of Pelops and Hippodamia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Atreus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His messenger, Argicides, to Pelops, skill'd in horse; / Pelops to Atreus, chief of men; he dying, gave it course
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀτρεύς (Atreús).
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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