Grecian
/ˈɡɹiːʃn̩/
"grecian" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Grecian” is uncommon English (frequency #55,469 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,469
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Greek (of or from Greece or the Greek people, especially those of Ancient Greece).
Corpus desk
Index EN-grecian · Grecian · English
Grecian · rank #55,469 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,469
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,276
- PHOTO-FINISH Govinda
Nearest frequency peer: Govinda (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Grecian”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- GOS
GOS
44,534 corpus weight
- Govinda
Govinda
44,533 corpus weight
- Grecian
Grecian
44,532 corpus weight
- grossest
grossest
44,530 corpus weight
- GSK
GSK
44,529 corpus weight
- gullies
gullies
44,527 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Grecian” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grecian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹiːʃn̩/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,469 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Grecian” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Grecian is uncommon English at frequency #55,469 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɡɹiːʃn̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Greek (of or from Greece or the Greek people, especially those of Ancient Greece).".
No misspelling variants are generated for Grecian in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Graecia + -an. Compare Old French grecien and Middle English grecan, grecen, greken, grekin. By surface analysis, Greco- + -ian. The correct English form is Grecian, spelled G-R-E-C-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Greek (of or from Greece or the Greek people, especially those of Ancient Greece).
Etymology
From Latin Graecia + -an. Compare Old French grecien and Middle English grecan, grecen, greken, grekin. By surface analysis, Greco- + -ian.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.