Hypatia

Name: Hypatia, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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The verdict

“Hypatia” is uncommon English (frequency #88,440 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,440
frequency rank, English: 23,837
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek].

Key facts for Hypatia
Property	Value
Headword	Hypatia
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#88,440
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Hypatia” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Hypatia lands here:

#88,440

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hypatia is uncommon English at frequency #88,440 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hypatia, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Hypatia, from Ancient Greek Ὑπατία (Hupatía), from ὕπατος (húpatos, “highest, best”). The correct English form is Hypatia, spelled H-Y-P-A-T-I-A.

Definition

1
A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek].
2
Hypatia of Alexandria (born c. AD 350–370; died 415), an Ancient Greek mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, and head of the Neoplatonic school at Alexandria.

Etymology

From Latin Hypatia, from Ancient Greek Ὑπατία (Hupatía), from ὕπατος (húpatos, “highest, best”).

This word in other languages

Hypatie(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hypatia"?

"Hypatia" is spelled H-Y-P-A-T-I-A.

What does "Hypatia" mean?

As a proper noun, "Hypatia" means: A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek].

What is the origin of the word "Hypatia"?

From Latin Hypatia, from Ancient Greek Ὑπατία (Hupatía), from ὕπατος (húpatos, “highest, best”). See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “Hypatia”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is H-Y-P-A-T-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.