Icarus
/ˈɪkəɹəs/
"icarus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Icarus” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,087. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,087
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Greek mythological figure, son of Daedalus, who escaped from the Cretan labyrinth of Knossos by flying with wings made from feathers and wax, but flew too near to the sun, which melted the wax in...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Icarus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪkəɹəs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #30,087 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Icarus” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Icarus (IPA /ˈɪkəɹəs/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #30,087 among 17,902 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A Greek mythological figure, son of Daedalus, who escaped from the Cretan labyrinth of Knossos by flying with wings made from feathers and wax, but flew too near to the sun, which melted the wax in...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Icarus, with forms such as "ciarus", "iacrus", and "icarrus". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Īcarus, from Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros). The correct English form is Icarus, spelled I-C-A-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1A Greek mythological figure, son of Daedalus, who escaped from the Cretan labyrinth of Knossos by flying with wings made from feathers and wax, but flew too near to the sun, which melted the wax in the wings, so he fell down and drowned in the Aegean Sea.
Etymology
From Latin Īcarus, from Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ciarus
- iacrus
- icarrus
- icarsu
- icaruss
- icaurs
- iccarus
- icraus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Icarus - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Icarus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-C-A-R-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɪkəɹəs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.