Mithras
"mithras" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mithras” is uncommon English (frequency #84,528 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,528
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Roman god, cult figure of the 2nd-to-4th-century Roman mystery religion known as the "Mysteries of Mithras", or Mithraism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mithras · Mithras · English
Mithras · rank #84,528 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,528
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH Mohini
Nearest frequency peer: Mohini (+7 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 “Mithras”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- militar
militar
15,483 corpus weight
- Mithras
Mithras
15,473 corpus weight
- Mohini
Mohini
15,466 corpus weight
- multifarious
multifarious
15,463 corpus weight
- multiphase
multiphase
15,462 corpus weight
- munshi
munshi
15,461 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Mithras” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mithras |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,528 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mithras” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mithras is uncommon English at frequency #84,528 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Roman god, cult figure of the 2nd-to-4th-century Roman mystery religion known as the "Mysteries of Mithras", or Mithraism.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Mithras in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin Mithras. Doublet of Mehr, mitre, and Mitra. The correct English form is Mithras, spelled M-I-T-H-R-A-S.
Definition
- 1A Roman god, cult figure of the 2nd-to-4th-century Roman mystery religion known as the "Mysteries of Mithras", or Mithraism.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Mithras. Doublet of Mehr, mitre, and Mitra.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 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.