Ephesians
/əˈfiʒənz/
"ephesians" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ephesians” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,162. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,162
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The tenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, an epistle to the people of Ephesus which is attributed to Paul the Apostle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ephesians |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /əˈfiʒənz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ephesians” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Ephesians (IPA /əˈfiʒənz/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,162 among 18,836 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The tenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, an epistle to the people of Ephesus which is attributed to Paul the Apostle.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ephesians, with forms such as "ehpesians", "epehsians", and "epheisans". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Ephesians, spelled E-P-H-E-S-I-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1The tenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, an epistle to the people of Ephesus which is attributed to Paul the Apostle.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehpesians
- epehsians
- epheisans
- ephesains
- ephesianns
- ephesianss
- ephesiasn
- ephesinas
- ephessians
- ephhesians
- ephseians
- epphesians
- pehesians
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ephesians - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Ephesians”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-P-H-E-S-I-A-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈfiʒənz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.