kourotrophos
"kourotrophos" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kourotrophos” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of a class of Mycenaean terracotta figurines depicting women carrying children.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kourotrophos |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kourotrophos” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kourotrophos is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of a class of Mycenaean terracotta figurines depicting women carrying children.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for kourotrophos in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Presumably from Kourotrophos, itself from Ancient Greek κουροτρόφος (kourotróphos). Assigned by Elizabeth B. French, c. 1970 The correct English form is kourotrophos, spelled K-O-U-R-O-T-R-O-P-H-O-S.
Definition
- 1Any of a class of Mycenaean terracotta figurines depicting women carrying children.
Etymology
Presumably from Kourotrophos, itself from Ancient Greek κουροτρόφος (kourotróphos). Assigned by Elizabeth B. French, c. 1970
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.
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Using “kourotrophos”
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- The one correct English spelling is K-O-U-R-O-T-R-O-P-H-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.