Elis
"elis" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Elis” is uncommon English (frequency #63,591 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,591
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ancient Greek city-state in northwestern Peloponnese, modern Greece.
Corpus desk
Index EN-elis · Elis · English
Elis · rank #63,591 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,591
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Eliezer
Nearest frequency peer: Eliezer (-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 “Elis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- eldritch
eldritch
36,413 corpus weight
- electroplat…
electroplating
36,412 corpus weight
- Eliezer
Eliezer
36,411 corpus weight
- Elis
Elis
36,410 corpus weight
- Emiliano
Emiliano
36,408 corpus weight
- empt
empt
36,407 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Elis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Elis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #63,591 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Elis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Elis is uncommon English at frequency #63,591 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Elis in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Ἦλις (Êlis). The correct English form is Elis, spelled E-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1An ancient Greek city-state in northwestern Peloponnese, modern Greece.
- 2A regional unit of modern Greece in West Greece, corresponding to the area once ruled by the city-state.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἦλις (Êlis).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).