epos
"epos" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“epos” is uncommon English (frequency #90,414 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,414
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An epic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-epos · epos · English
epos · rank #90,414 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,414
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH epitomize
Nearest frequency peer: epitomize (-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 “epos”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- enteral
enteral
9,591 corpus weight
- Eom
Eom
9,589 corpus weight
- epitomize
epitomize
9,588 corpus weight
- epos
epos
9,587 corpus weight
- Ernakulam
Ernakulam
9,583 corpus weight
- estancia
estancia
9,581 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “epos” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | epos |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,414 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “epos” in English
Rare enough to double-check
epos is uncommon English at frequency #90,414 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An epic.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for epos, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos, “word, song, epic”). The correct English form is epos, spelled E-P-O-S.
Definition
- 1An epic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how epos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Homer’s Epos has not ceased to be true; yet it is no longer our Epos, but shines in the distance, if clearer and clearer, yet also smaller and smaller, like a receding Star.
The bond of friendship between Achilles and Patroclus was referred to by the great tragic writer Æschylus as based on sensuality, and this author was still near enough to the age of the Homeric epos to understand its underlying spirit perfectly.
Etymology
From Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos, “word, song, epic”).
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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