celadon
/ˈsɛlədən/
"celadon" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“celadon” is uncommon English (frequency #78,463 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,463
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A pale green colour, possibly tinted with gray.
Corpus desk
Index EN-celadon · celadon · English
celadon · rank #78,463 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,463
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cebuano
Nearest frequency peer: Cebuano (-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 “celadon”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cathal
Cathal
21,542 corpus weight
- Catullus
Catullus
21,540 corpus weight
- Cebuano
Cebuano
21,539 corpus weight
- celadon
celadon
21,538 corpus weight
- CENTCOM
CENTCOM
21,537 corpus weight
- Cerrone
Cerrone
21,536 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “celadon” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | celadon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɛlədən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “celadon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
celadon is uncommon English at frequency #78,463 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɛlədən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
celadon has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from the French céladon, from the character named Céladon, who wore pale green ribbons, in the novel L'Astrée by Honoré d'Urfé, from Latin Celadon, a warrior's name in Ovid's Metamorphoses, related to Ancient Greek κέλᾰδος (kélădos, “din, clamour”). The correct English form is celadon, spelled C-E-L-A-D-O-N.
Definition
- 1A pale green colour, possibly tinted with gray.
- 2A pale green Chinese glaze.
- 3A ceramic ware with a pale green glaze.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how celadon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eau de Nil (“water of the Nile”) is a tricky color to pin down precisely. It is a light-greenish hue, more saturated than celadon, less gray than sage.
Etymology
Borrowed from the French céladon, from the character named Céladon, who wore pale green ribbons, in the novel L'Astrée by Honoré d'Urfé, from Latin Celadon, a warrior's name in Ovid's Metamorphoses, related to Ancient Greek κέλᾰδος (kélădos, “din, clamour”).
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); 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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