Democritus
/dɪˈmɒkɹɪtəs/
"democritus" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Democritus” is uncommon English (frequency #92,526 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,526
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-democritus · Democritus · English
Democritus · rank #92,526 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,526
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH delimit
Nearest frequency peer: delimit (-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 “Democritus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Decalogue
Decalogue
7,480 corpus weight
- deckhand
deckhand
7,479 corpus weight
- delimit
delimit
7,476 corpus weight
- Democritus
Democritus
7,475 corpus weight
- demotic
demotic
7,474 corpus weight
- dices
dices
7,471 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Democritus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Democritus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /dɪˈmɒkɹɪtəs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #92,526 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Democritus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Democritus is uncommon English at frequency #92,526 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /dɪˈmɒkɹɪtəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Democritus in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Δημόκριτος (Dēmókritos). The correct English form is Democritus, spelled D-E-M-O-C-R-I-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Δημόκριτος (Dēmókritos).
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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