Edda
/ˈɛdə/
"edda" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Edda” is uncommon English (frequency #74,052 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,052
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A collection of Old Norse poems and tales from two medieval manuscripts found in Iceland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-edda · Edda · English
Edda · rank #74,052 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,052
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,836
- PHOTO-FINISH ecclesiastic
Nearest frequency peer: ecclesiastic (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Edda”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- durbar
durbar
25,954 corpus weight
- Eakin
Eakin
25,953 corpus weight
- EBM
EBM
25,952 corpus weight
- ecclesiastic
ecclesiastic
25,951 corpus weight
- Edda
Edda
25,949 corpus weight
- egghead
egghead
25,945 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Edda” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Edda |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛdə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,052 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Edda” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Edda is uncommon English at frequency #74,052 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɛdə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A collection of Old Norse poems and tales from two medieval manuscripts found in Iceland.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Edda in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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: Likely from Old Norse edda (“great-grandmother”). The correct English form is Edda, spelled E-D-D-A.
Definition
- 1A collection of Old Norse poems and tales from two medieval manuscripts found in Iceland.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Edda appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So likewise a day comes when the Runic Thor, with his Eddas, must withdraw into dimness; and many an African Mumbo-Jumbo and Indian Pawpaw be utterly abolished.
Etymology
Likely from Old Norse edda (“great-grandmother”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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.