Endymion
/ɛnˈdɪmi.ən/
"endymion" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Endymion” is uncommon English (frequency #65,863 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,863
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A man described variously as a handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king, who was loved by Selene or Artemis (the two being often conflated) and was said to rule and live at Olympia in Elis, as we...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Endymion |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɛnˈdɪmi.ən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Endymion” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Endymion is uncommon English at frequency #65,863 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɛnˈdɪmi.ən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Endymion, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Ἐνδυμίων (Endumíōn). The correct English form is Endymion, spelled E-N-D-Y-M-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A man described variously as a handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king, who was loved by Selene or Artemis (the two being often conflated) and was said to rule and live at Olympia in Elis, as well as venerated and said to reside in Caria, southwest Asia Minor, on Mount Latmus.
- 2342 Endymion, an asteroid.
- 3A crater on the Moon.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἐνδυμίων (Endumíōn).
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 “Endymion”
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- The one correct English spelling is E-N-D-Y-M-I-O-N - 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.