Caiaphas
/ˈkaɪ.ə.fəs/
"caiaphas" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Caiaphas” is uncommon English (frequency #81,201 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,201
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Jewish high priest in the first century CE who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-caiaphas · Caiaphas · English
Caiaphas · rank #81,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,201
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cada
Nearest frequency peer: Cada (-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 “Caiaphas”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- butyrate
butyrate
18,805 corpus weight
- Cada
Cada
18,801 corpus weight
- Caiaphas
Caiaphas
18,800 corpus weight
- capably
capably
18,796 corpus weight
- Carnatic
Carnatic
18,795 corpus weight
- Carolinian
Carolinian
18,794 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Caiaphas” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Caiaphas |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkaɪ.ə.fəs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Caiaphas” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Caiaphas is uncommon English at frequency #81,201 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkaɪ.ə.fəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Jewish high priest in the first century CE who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Caiaphas in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Caiāphās, from Ancient Greek Καϊάφας (Kaïáphas), from Hebrew קַיָפָא (qayafa). The correct English form is Caiaphas, spelled C-A-I-A-P-H-A-S.
Definition
- 1A Jewish high priest in the first century CE who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Caiāphās, from Ancient Greek Καϊάφας (Kaïáphas), from Hebrew קַיָפָא (qayafa).
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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