Evander
/ɪˈvændɚ/
"evander" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Evander” is uncommon English (frequency #52,935 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,935
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Corpus desk
Index EN-evander · Evander · English
Evander · rank #52,935 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,935
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Estrella
Nearest frequency peer: Estrella (-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 “Evander”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- enthroned
enthroned
47,071 corpus weight
- errata
errata
47,069 corpus weight
- Estrella
Estrella
47,067 corpus weight
- Evander
Evander
47,066 corpus weight
- ewes
ewes
47,065 corpus weight
- expository
expository
47,063 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Evander” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Evander |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɪˈvændɚ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Evander” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Evander is uncommon English at frequency #52,935 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɪˈvændɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Ancient Greek.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Evander in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Evander, from Ancient Greek Εὔανδρος (Eúandros, literally “good man”). The correct English form is Evander, spelled E-V-A-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Etymology
From Latin Evander, from Ancient Greek Εὔανδρος (Eúandros, literally “good man”).
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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