Edom
/ˈi.dəm/
"edom" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Edom” is uncommon English (frequency #69,021 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,021
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The name given to Esau in the Hebrew Bible.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Edom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈi.dəm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #69,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Edom” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Edom is uncommon English at frequency #69,021 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈi.dəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Edom in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Via Late Latin Edōm from Koine Greek Ἐδώμ (Edṓm) from Biblical Hebrew אֱדוֹם (ʾĔḏōm). The medieval Jewish use of "Edom" to refer to Christians referred to their view of Christianity as a heresy that originated from Judaism, comparing Christians to Esau as a… The correct English form is Edom, spelled E-D-O-M.
Definition
- 1The name given to Esau in the Hebrew Bible.
- 2A region whose inhabitants, the Edomites, traditionally traced their ancestry to Esau.
- 3Rome, the Roman Empire.
- 4Christianity; Christendom, the Christian countries.
Etymology
Via Late Latin Edōm from Koine Greek Ἐδώμ (Edṓm) from Biblical Hebrew אֱדוֹם (ʾĔḏōm). The medieval Jewish use of "Edom" to refer to Christians referred to their view of Christianity as a heresy that originated from Judaism, comparing Christians to Esau as a relative who was hostile to Jacob (who represented the Jewish people). It originated from Jewish writings that compared the Roman authorities to Edom for their persecution of Jewish people, which was later applied to Christianity when the latter became the state religion of the Roman Empire.
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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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Using “Edom”
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- The one correct English spelling is E-D-O-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.