Iscariot
"iscariot" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Iscariot” is uncommon English (frequency #69,966 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,966
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Epithet of Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the New Testament, who betrayed Jesus into the hands of the chief priests for 30 pieces of silver, and of his father Simon Iscariot.
Corpus desk
Index EN-iscariot · Iscariot · English
Iscariot · rank #69,966 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,966
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH IOU
Nearest frequency peer: IOU (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Iscariot”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- intermedia
intermedia
30,041 corpus weight
- intrastate
intrastate
30,039 corpus weight
- invisibly
invisibly
30,038 corpus weight
- IOU
IOU
30,036 corpus weight
- Iscariot
Iscariot
30,035 corpus weight
- Islamization
Islamization
30,034 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Iscariot” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Iscariot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,966 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Iscariot” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Iscariot is uncommon English at frequency #69,966 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Epithet of Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the New Testament, who betrayed Jesus into the hands of the chief priests for 30 pieces of silver, and of his father Simon Iscariot.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Iscariot, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Ἰσκαριώτης (Iskariṓtēs)/ Ἰσκαριώθ (Iskariṓth); the original Hebrew or Aramaic term is unknown and the subject of much debate. For more information, see the name and background section of Wikipedia's article on Judas Iscariot. The correct English form is Iscariot, spelled I-S-C-A-R-I-O-T.
Definition
- 1Epithet of Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the New Testament, who betrayed Jesus into the hands of the chief priests for 30 pieces of silver, and of his father Simon Iscariot.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἰσκαριώτης (Iskariṓtēs)/ Ἰσκαριώθ (Iskariṓth); the original Hebrew or Aramaic term is unknown and the subject of much debate. For more information, see the name and background section of Wikipedia's article on Judas Iscariot.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.