Endymion
/ɛnˈdɪmi.ən/
"endymion" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Endymion” is uncommon English (frequency #65,863 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,863
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...
Corpus desk
Index EN-endymion · Endymion · English
Endymion · rank #65,863 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,863
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Emmeline
Nearest frequency peer: Emmeline (-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 “Endymion”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- eme
eme
34,140 corpus weight
- Emmeline
Emmeline
34,139 corpus weight
- Endymion
Endymion
34,138 corpus weight
- EpiPen
EpiPen
34,136 corpus weight
- equalise
equalise
34,135 corpus weight
- erring
erring
34,134 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Endymion” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Endymion” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Endymion is uncommon English at frequency #65,863 among 2,246 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Endymion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The heavenly bodies may keep their secrets two or three thousand years yet; but one or other of them will betray them to some wakeful favorite, some Endymion beyond Latmos, perhaps in regions undiscovered, certainly in uncalculated times.
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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