Eurydice
/jʊəˈɹɪdɪsi/
"eurydice" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Eurydice” is uncommon English (frequency #64,361 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,361
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A nymph and the wife of Orpheus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-eurydice · Eurydice · English
Eurydice · rank #64,361 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,361
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH evac
Nearest frequency peer: evac (+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 “Eurydice”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Entwistle
Entwistle
35,644 corpus weight
- escapee
escapee
35,643 corpus weight
- esperance
esperance
35,642 corpus weight
- Eurydice
Eurydice
35,640 corpus weight
- evac
evac
35,639 corpus weight
- exchangeable
exchangeable
35,636 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Eurydice” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eurydice |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /jʊəˈɹɪdɪsi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Eurydice” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Eurydice is uncommon English at frequency #64,361 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /jʊəˈɹɪdɪsi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Eurydice, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Eurydicē, from Ancient Greek Εὐρυδίκη (Eurudíkē). The correct English form is Eurydice, spelled E-U-R-Y-D-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1A nymph and the wife of Orpheus.
- 2The name of various figures in Greek mythology.
- 375 Eurydike, a main belt asteroid.
- 4A female given name.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Eurydice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That same week, a twenty-two-year-old comedian named Eurydice Dixon was raped and murdered as she walked home after work.
Etymology
From Latin Eurydicē, from Ancient Greek Εὐρυδίκη (Eurudíkē).
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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