cyclopean
/ˈsaɪkləʊpi.ən/
"cyclopean" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cyclopean” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suggestive of a cyclops.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cyclopean · cyclopean · English
cyclopean · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | cyclopean |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsaɪkləʊpi.ən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cyclopean” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cyclopean is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsaɪkləʊpi.ən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
cyclopean has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cyclops + -ean. The correct English form is cyclopean, spelled C-Y-C-L-O-P-E-A-N.
Definition
- 1Suggestive of a cyclops.
- 2Fitted together of huge irregular stones.
- 3Massive in stature.
- 4Created by combining two images.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cyclopean appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Some of the descendants of this cyclopean ancestor left their burrows and started to swim.
2006, Fernando Pessoa, "Salutation to Walt Whitman," in A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems, edited and translated by Richard Zenith, Penguin, pp. 198-9, You were cyclopean and muscular, not pretty, / Yet your attitude toward the world was feminine, / And for you each leaf of grass, each stone and each man was the Universe. See also q…
Etymology
From cyclops + -ean.
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.