Epicurus
/ˌɛpɪˈkjʊəɹəs/
"epicurus" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Epicurus” is uncommon English (frequency #74,073 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,073
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the movement known as Epicureanism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-epicurus · Epicurus · English
Epicurus · rank #74,073 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,073
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH eonni
Nearest frequency peer: eonni (-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 “Epicurus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- endoscope
endoscope
25,932 corpus weight
- Ensenada
Ensenada
25,930 corpus weight
- eonni
eonni
25,929 corpus weight
- Epicurus
Epicurus
25,928 corpus weight
- epidemiolog…
epidemiologic
25,927 corpus weight
- erogenous
erogenous
25,925 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Epicurus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Epicurus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌɛpɪˈkjʊəɹəs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,073 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Epicurus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Epicurus is uncommon English at frequency #74,073 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌɛpɪˈkjʊəɹəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the movement known as Epicureanism.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Epicurus, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Epicūrus, from Ancient Greek Ἐπίκουρος (Epíkouros). The correct English form is Epicurus, spelled E-P-I-C-U-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1An ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the movement known as Epicureanism.
Etymology
From Latin Epicūrus, from Ancient Greek Ἐπίκουρος (Epíkouros).
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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