catholicos
/kəˈθɒlɪkəs/
"catholicos" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“catholicos” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A high-ranking bishop or patriarch in certain Eastern Christian traditions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-catholicos · catholicos · English
catholicos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catholicos |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈθɒlɪkəs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “catholicos” in English
Rare enough to double-check
catholicos is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kəˈθɒlɪkəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A high-ranking bishop or patriarch in certain Eastern Christian traditions.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for catholicos, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós). Doublet of catholic. The correct English form is catholicos, spelled C-A-T-H-O-L-I-C-O-S.
Definition
- 1A high-ranking bishop or patriarch in certain Eastern Christian traditions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how catholicos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kavad had quickly ordered that a new Catholicos should be chosen for the Church, ending a hiatus of twenty years in which Shah Khusrau had prevented the office being filled.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós). Doublet of catholic.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.