Cadmus
/ˈkædməs/
"cadmus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cadmus” is uncommon English (frequency #57,918 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,918
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of...
Corpus desk
Index EN-cadmus · Cadmus · English
Cadmus · rank #57,918 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,918
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH buzzes
Nearest frequency peer: buzzes (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Cadmus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Brescia
Brescia
42,089 corpus weight
- buzzes
buzzes
42,085 corpus weight
- Cadmus
Cadmus
42,083 corpus weight
- Canaanite
Canaanite
42,081 corpus weight
- Cardin
Cardin
42,079 corpus weight
- carting
carting
42,077 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Cadmus” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cadmus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkædməs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cadmus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cadmus is uncommon English at frequency #57,918 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkædməs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Cadmus in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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: Via Latin Cadmus, from Ancient Greek Κάδμος (Kádmos). The correct English form is Cadmus, spelled C-A-D-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet.
- 2An unincorporated community in Linn County, Kansas, United States.
Etymology
Via Latin Cadmus, from Ancient Greek Κάδμος (Kádmos).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.