Ecclesiastes
/ɪˌkliːziˈæstiːz/
"ecclesiastes" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ecclesiastes” is uncommon English (frequency #51,078 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,078
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ecclesiastes · Ecclesiastes · English
Ecclesiastes · rank #51,078 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,078
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH econometric
Nearest frequency peer: econometric (+1 rank slots)
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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 “Ecclesiastes”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- doss
doss
48,928 corpus weight
- droning
droning
48,925 corpus weight
- Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes
48,923 corpus weight
- econometric
econometric
48,922 corpus weight
- econometrics
econometrics
48,921 corpus weight
- Edgewater
Edgewater
48,920 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ecclesiastes” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ecclesiastes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɪˌkliːziˈæstiːz/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #51,078 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ecclesiastes” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ecclesiastes is uncommon English at frequency #51,078 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɪˌkliːziˈæstiːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Ecclesiastes in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 Middle English Ecclesiastes, from Latin Ecclēsiastēs, from Ancient Greek Ἐκκλησιαστής (Ekklēsiastḗs) according to the Septuagint. The Greek word is a loan translation of Hebrew קֹהֶלֶת, from Hebrew קָהָל. The correct English form is Ecclesiastes, spelled E-C-C-L-E-S-I-A-S-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
Etymology
From Middle English Ecclesiastes, from Latin Ecclēsiastēs, from Ancient Greek Ἐκκλησιαστής (Ekklēsiastḗs) according to the Septuagint. The Greek word is a loan translation of Hebrew קֹהֶלֶת, from Hebrew קָהָל.
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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