Bellona
/bəˈləʊ.nə/
"bellona" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bellona” is uncommon English (frequency #84,011 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,011
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Roman goddess of war, wife or sister of Mars. Equivalent to the Greek goddess Enyo.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bellona · Bellona · English
Bellona · rank #84,011 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,011
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH beholding
Nearest frequency peer: beholding (-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 “Bellona”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- bazillion
bazillion
15,996 corpus weight
- Begbie
Begbie
15,993 corpus weight
- beholding
beholding
15,992 corpus weight
- Bellona
Bellona
15,990 corpus weight
- Benicio
Benicio
15,987 corpus weight
- Bernat
Bernat
15,984 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Bellona” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bellona |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /bəˈləʊ.nə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,011 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Bellona” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Bellona is uncommon English at frequency #84,011 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /bəˈləʊ.nə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Bellona in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Bellōna, related to bellum. The correct English form is Bellona, spelled B-E-L-L-O-N-A.
Definition
- 1Roman goddess of war, wife or sister of Mars. Equivalent to the Greek goddess Enyo.
- 228 Bellona, a main belt asteroid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bellona appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo All sciences that speed Bellona's car, All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]
Etymology
From Latin Bellōna, related to bellum.
Synonyms
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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