hypodorian
/ˌhaɪpəʊˈdɔːɹi.ən/
"hypodorian" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hypodorian” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from A to D.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hypodorian · hypodorian · English
hypodorian · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hypodorian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌhaɪpəʊˈdɔːɹi.ən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hypodorian” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hypodorian is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌhaɪpəʊˈdɔːɹi.ən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from A to D.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hypodorian, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hypo- + Dorian; see Dorian mode. The correct English form is hypodorian, spelled H-Y-P-O-D-O-R-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from A to D.
Etymology
From hypo- + Dorian; see Dorian mode.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.