Mordred
/ˈmɔɹdɹɪd/
"mordred" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mordred” is uncommon English (frequency #59,561 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,561
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The illegitimate son of King Arthur, who ultimately killed him in battle.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mordred · Mordred · English
Mordred · rank #59,561 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,561
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH moralistic
Nearest frequency peer: moralistic (-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 “Mordred”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- mola
mola
40,444 corpus weight
- moralistic
moralistic
40,441 corpus weight
- Mordred
Mordred
40,440 corpus weight
- Morgen
Morgen
40,438 corpus weight
- mouthwateri…
mouthwatering
40,437 corpus weight
- Mulroney
Mulroney
40,436 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Mordred” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mordred |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɔɹdɹɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Mordred” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Mordred is uncommon English at frequency #59,561 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈmɔɹdɹɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The illegitimate son of King Arthur, who ultimately killed him in battle.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Mordred in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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: Alteration of Modred, from Latin Modredus, from Proto-Brythonic *Modrọd (whence Old Breton Modrot, Old Cornish Modred, Old Welsh Medraut), perhaps from Latin Moderātus. The correct English form is Mordred, spelled M-O-R-D-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1The illegitimate son of King Arthur, who ultimately killed him in battle.
Etymology
Alteration of Modred, from Latin Modredus, from Proto-Brythonic *Modrọd (whence Old Breton Modrot, Old Cornish Modred, Old Welsh Medraut), perhaps from Latin Moderātus.
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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