Nicodemus
"nicodemus" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Nicodemus” is uncommon English (frequency #53,730 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,730
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Pharisee, a secret follower of Jesus in the New Testament.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nicodemus · Nicodemus · English
Nicodemus · rank #53,730 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,730
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Nikko
Nearest frequency peer: Nikko (+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 “Nicodemus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- neigh
neigh
46,275 corpus weight
- Nessa
Nessa
46,274 corpus weight
- neuroimaging
neuroimaging
46,273 corpus weight
- Nicodemus
Nicodemus
46,271 corpus weight
- Nikko
Nikko
46,270 corpus weight
- noisily
noisily
46,267 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Nicodemus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nicodemus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Nicodemus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Nicodemus is uncommon English at frequency #53,730 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Nicodemus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑκόδημος (Nīkódēmos), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”). The correct English form is Nicodemus, spelled N-I-C-O-D-E-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1A Pharisee, a secret follower of Jesus in the New Testament.
- 2A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nicodemus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God:
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑκόδημος (Nīkódēmos), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”).
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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