Ecclesiastes
/ɪˌkliːziˈæstiːz/
"ecclesiastes" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ecclesiastes” is uncommon English (frequency #51,078 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,078
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
| 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) |
Where “Ecclesiastes” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ecclesiastes is uncommon English at frequency #51,078 among 18,836 “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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- The one correct English spelling is E-C-C-L-E-S-I-A-S-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.