Epirus
/ɪˈpaɪəɹəs/
"epirus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Epirus” is uncommon English (frequency #79,495 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,495
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A historical region and ancient kingdom in Southeast Europe, today split politically between northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Epirus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɪˈpaɪəɹəs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,495 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Epirus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Epirus is uncommon English at frequency #79,495 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɪˈpaɪəɹəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Epirus, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Ēpīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros, “mainland”). The correct English form is Epirus, spelled E-P-I-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1A historical region and ancient kingdom in Southeast Europe, today split politically between northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania.
- 2A geographic region and administrative region in northwest Greece, one of the thirteen peripheries of modern Greece.
Etymology
From Latin Ēpīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros, “mainland”).
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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Using “Epirus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-P-I-R-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪˈpaɪəɹəs/ (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.