Cephalonia
/ˌsɛfəˈləʊniə/
"cephalonia" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cephalonia” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper 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) - An island of Greece in the eastern Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cephalonia · Cephalonia · English
Cephalonia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Cephalonia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌsɛfəˈləʊniə/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Cephalonia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Cephalonia is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌsɛfəˈləʊniə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An island of Greece in the eastern Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands.".
Cephalonia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Cephalonia, spelled C-E-P-H-A-L-O-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1An island of Greece in the eastern Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cephalonia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“An idea, a vision, the change of the policy towards the protection of the night sky as a natural resource, as well as the enthusiasm of people of Kefalonia towards the magic of the dark sky led to the declaration of Aenos National Park as the first Dark Sky Park of Greece,” said Michalis Xanthakis, Deputy Head of Management Unit of Zakynthos and Ainos Na…
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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.