Bellatrix
"bellatrix" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bellatrix” is uncommon English (frequency #59,890 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,890
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A blue eruptive variable star, the third brightest star in the constellation Orion; Gamma (γ) Orionis.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bellatrix · Bellatrix · English
Bellatrix · rank #59,890 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,890
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Benazir
Nearest frequency peer: Benazir (+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 “Bellatrix”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- beautician
beautician
40,115 corpus weight
- beckon
beckon
40,114 corpus weight
- beget
beget
40,113 corpus weight
- Bellatrix
Bellatrix
40,111 corpus weight
- Benazir
Benazir
40,110 corpus weight
- bentonite
bentonite
40,109 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Bellatrix” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bellatrix |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,890 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Bellatrix” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Bellatrix is uncommon English at frequency #59,890 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A blue eruptive variable star, the third brightest star in the constellation Orion; Gamma (γ) Orionis.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Bellatrix, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin bellātrīx (“warrior woman”). The correct English form is Bellatrix, spelled B-E-L-L-A-T-R-I-X.
Definition
- 1A blue eruptive variable star, the third brightest star in the constellation Orion; Gamma (γ) Orionis.
Etymology
From Latin bellātrīx (“warrior woman”).
Synonyms
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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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