Laertes
/leɪˈɜː.tiːz/
"laertes" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Laertes” is uncommon English (frequency #82,474 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,474
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - the father of Odysseus
Corpus desk
Index EN-laertes · Laertes · English
Laertes · rank #82,474 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,474
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lakin
Nearest frequency peer: lakin (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Laertes”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa
17,529 corpus weight
- Laertes
Laertes
17,527 corpus weight
- lakin
lakin
17,526 corpus weight
- Lamotte
Lamotte
17,525 corpus weight
- larkspur
larkspur
17,524 corpus weight
- Lassa
Lassa
17,523 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Laertes” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Laertes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /leɪˈɜː.tiːz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Laertes” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Laertes is uncommon English at frequency #82,474 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /leɪˈɜː.tiːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "the father of Odysseus".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Laertes, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Λαέρτης (Laértēs). The correct English form is Laertes, spelled L-A-E-R-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1the father of Odysseus
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Λαέρτης (Laértēs).
This word in other languages
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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