energumen
/ɛn.əˈɡjuː.mən/
"energumen" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“energumen” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person possessed by an evil ghost, spirit, or entity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-energumen · energumen · English
energumen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | energumen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɛn.əˈɡjuː.mən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “energumen” in English
Rare enough to double-check
energumen is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɛn.əˈɡjuː.mən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
energumen has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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 Latin energumenus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργούμενος (energoúmenos), from verb ἐνεργέω (energéō, “to influence”). The correct English form is energumen, spelled E-N-E-R-G-U-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1A person possessed by an evil ghost, spirit, or entity.
- 2A frantic and hysterical person.
Etymology
From Latin energumenus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργούμενος (energoúmenos), from verb ἐνεργέω (energéō, “to influence”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.