Menelaus
/ˌmɛn.ɪˈleɪ.əs/
"menelaus" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Menelaus” is uncommon English (frequency #61,627 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,627
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The king of Mycenaean Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, the brother of Agamemnon, and the leader of the Spartan contingent of the Greek army during the Trojan War.
Corpus desk
Index EN-menelaus · Menelaus · English
Menelaus · rank #61,627 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,627
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH melancholia
Nearest frequency peer: melancholia (-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 “Menelaus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Martineau
Martineau
38,380 corpus weight
- maxillofaci…
maxillofacial
38,378 corpus weight
- melancholia
melancholia
38,375 corpus weight
- Menelaus
Menelaus
38,374 corpus weight
- midriff
midriff
38,369 corpus weight
- Millington
Millington
38,367 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Menelaus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Menelaus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌmɛn.ɪˈleɪ.əs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Menelaus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Menelaus is uncommon English at frequency #61,627 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌmɛn.ɪˈleɪ.əs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The king of Mycenaean Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, the brother of Agamemnon, and the leader of the Spartan contingent of the Greek army during the Trojan War.".
Menelaus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Menelāus, from Ancient Greek Μενέλαος (Menélaos). The correct English form is Menelaus, spelled M-E-N-E-L-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1The king of Mycenaean Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, the brother of Agamemnon, and the leader of the Spartan contingent of the Greek army during the Trojan War.
Etymology
From Latin Menelāus, from Ancient Greek Μενέλαος (Menélaos).
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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