Cyclades
/saɪkleɪdz/
"cyclades" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cyclades” is uncommon English (frequency #84,135 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,135
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An Aegean island chain in southeast-central Greece, surrounding the main island Delos, further including the islands of Andros, Amorgos, Irakleia, Kea, Mykonos Naxos, Paros, Santorini, Syra, Tinos ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cyclades |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /saɪkleɪdz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,135 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cyclades” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cyclades is uncommon English at frequency #84,135 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /saɪkleɪdz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An Aegean island chain in southeast-central Greece, surrounding the main island Delos, further including the islands of Andros, Amorgos, Irakleia, Kea, Mykonos Naxos, Paros, Santorini, Syra, Tinos ...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Cyclades, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Κυκλάδες (Kukládes), plural of Κυκλάς (Kuklás), from κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, ring”). The correct English form is Cyclades, spelled C-Y-C-L-A-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1An Aegean island chain in southeast-central Greece, surrounding the main island Delos, further including the islands of Andros, Amorgos, Irakleia, Kea, Mykonos Naxos, Paros, Santorini, Syra, Tinos and others.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κυκλάδες (Kukládes), plural of Κυκλάς (Kuklás), from κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, ring”).
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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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Using “Cyclades”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-Y-C-L-A-D-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /saɪkleɪdz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.