Iliad
/ˈɪliˌæd/
"iliad" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Iliad” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,442. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,442
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A famous ancient Greek epic poem about the Trojan War, attributed to Homer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-iliad · Iliad · English
Iliad · rank #32,442 · 6 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,442
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH IIT
Nearest frequency peer: IIT (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Iliad”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- hydroxide
hydroxide
67,562 corpus weight
- IED
IED
67,561 corpus weight
- IIT
IIT
67,560 corpus weight
- Iliad
Iliad
67,559 corpus weight
- ilk
ilk
67,558 corpus weight
- impartiality
impartiality
67,556 corpus weight
What this shows “Iliad” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Iliad |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪliˌæd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #32,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Iliad”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Iliad (IPA /ˈɪliˌæd/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #32,442 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A famous ancient Greek epic poem about the Trojan War, attributed to Homer.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Iliad, with forms such as "iilad", "ilaid", and "iliadd". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "iPad", "Ilya", "Ilan", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Iliadis, genitive of Ilias, from Ancient Greek Ἰλιάς (Iliás), the poem about Ἴλιον (Ílion), an alternative name for Troy. By surface analysis, Ili- + -ad. The correct English form is Iliad, spelled I-L-I-A-D.
Definition
- 1A famous ancient Greek epic poem about the Trojan War, attributed to Homer.
Etymology
From Latin Iliadis, genitive of Ilias, from Ancient Greek Ἰλιάς (Iliás), the poem about Ἴλιον (Ílion), an alternative name for Troy. By surface analysis, Ili- + -ad.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iilad
- ilaid
- iliadd
- ilida
- illiad
- liiad
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Iliad - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Iliad", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).