Hesiod
/ˈhiː.si.əd/
"hesiod" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hesiod” is uncommon English (frequency #70,742 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,742
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancient Greek poet and rhapsodist of the 8th century BCE, known as the first author of didactic verse.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hesiod · Hesiod · English
Hesiod · rank #70,742 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,742
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH highline
Nearest frequency peer: highline (+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 “Hesiod”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Haran
Haran
29,266 corpus weight
- Hesiod
Hesiod
29,259 corpus weight
- highline
highline
29,258 corpus weight
- hird
hird
29,255 corpus weight
- histidine
histidine
29,254 corpus weight
- hoar
hoar
29,253 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hesiod” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hesiod |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhiː.si.əd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,742 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hesiod” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hesiod is uncommon English at frequency #70,742 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈhiː.si.əd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancient Greek poet and rhapsodist of the 8th century BCE, known as the first author of didactic verse.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hesiod, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Semi-learned borrowing from Latin Hēsiodus, from Ancient Greek Ἡσίοδος (Hēsíodos). The correct English form is Hesiod, spelled H-E-S-I-O-D.
Definition
- 1Ancient Greek poet and rhapsodist of the 8th century BCE, known as the first author of didactic verse.
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin Hēsiodus, from Ancient Greek Ἡσίοδος (Hēsíodos).
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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