Cymbeline
"cymbeline" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cymbeline” is uncommon English (frequency #93,593 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,593
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cunobeline, a king of Britain in the 1st century AD
Corpus desk
Index EN-cymbeline · Cymbeline · English
Cymbeline · rank #93,593 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,593
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cyd
Nearest frequency peer: Cyd (-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 “Cymbeline”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cuneo
Cuneo
6,413 corpus weight
- Cyd
Cyd
6,409 corpus weight
- Cymbeline
Cymbeline
6,408 corpus weight
- damson
damson
6,406 corpus weight
- dangit
dangit
6,405 corpus weight
- dangly
dangly
6,404 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Cymbeline” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cymbeline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,593 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Cymbeline” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Cymbeline is uncommon English at frequency #93,593 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cunobeline, a king of Britain in the 1st century AD".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Cymbeline, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Welsh Cynfelyn from Proto-Brythonic *Kunobelinos (“Cunobeline”) < Proto-Brythonic *kuno- (“dog”), Proto-Brythonic *belino- (“strong”); cf. Breton Konvelen. The correct English form is Cymbeline, spelled C-Y-M-B-E-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Cunobeline, a king of Britain in the 1st century AD
Etymology
From Welsh Cynfelyn from Proto-Brythonic *Kunobelinos (“Cunobeline”) < Proto-Brythonic *kuno- (“dog”), Proto-Brythonic *belino- (“strong”); cf. Breton Konvelen.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).