Bodleian
"bodleian" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Bodleian” is uncommon English (frequency #53,407 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,407
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bodleian · Bodleian · English
Bodleian · rank #53,407 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,407
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH boatload
Nearest frequency peer: boatload (-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 “Bodleian”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- biota
biota
46,597 corpus weight
- biryani
biryani
46,596 corpus weight
- boatload
boatload
46,595 corpus weight
- Bodleian
Bodleian
46,594 corpus weight
- bodysuit
bodysuit
46,593 corpus weight
- bolero
bolero
46,592 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Bodleian” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bodleian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Bodleian” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Bodleian is uncommon English at frequency #53,407 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Bodleian doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Bodley + -an, named after English diplomat and scholar Sir Thomas Bodley (1545–1613), founder of Oxford University's Bodleian Library. The correct English form is Bodleian, spelled B-O-D-L-E-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley.
- 2Of or pertaining to the Bodleian Library.
Etymology
From Bodley + -an, named after English diplomat and scholar Sir Thomas Bodley (1545–1613), founder of Oxford University's Bodleian Library.
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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