Babylonia
/ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪə/
"babylonia" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Babylonia” is uncommon English (frequency #50,952 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,952
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ancient empire and geographic region of Mesopotamia, existing from 1850 BCE to 539 BCE, based around the city of Babylon; at its maximum extent, covering parts of modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Syria ...
Corpus desk
Index EN-babylonia · Babylonia · English
Babylonia · rank #50,952 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,952
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH baggies
Nearest frequency peer: baggies (+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 “Babylonia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ataxia
ataxia
49,055 corpus weight
- awesomely
awesomely
49,051 corpus weight
- Babylonia
Babylonia
49,049 corpus weight
- baggies
baggies
49,048 corpus weight
- Bailly
Bailly
49,047 corpus weight
- ballpoint
ballpoint
49,045 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Babylonia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Babylonia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Babylonia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Babylonia is uncommon English at frequency #50,952 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Babylonia in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Babylōnia, from Ancient Greek Βαβυλωνία (Babulōnía), from Βαβυλων (Babulōn, “Babylon”) + -ία (-ía, forming place names for areas). By surface analysis, Babylon + -ia. The correct English form is Babylonia, spelled B-A-B-Y-L-O-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1An ancient empire and geographic region of Mesopotamia, existing from 1850 BCE to 539 BCE, based around the city of Babylon; at its maximum extent, covering parts of modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Syria and Iran.
- 2A geographic area equivalent to Mesopotamia, from the area of Babylon's empire at its maximum extent.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Babylōnia, from Ancient Greek Βαβυλωνία (Babulōnía), from Βαβυλων (Babulōn, “Babylon”) + -ία (-ía, forming place names for areas). By surface analysis, Babylon + -ia.
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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