Octavius
/ɒkˈteɪvɪəs/
"octavius" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Octavius” is uncommon English (frequency #51,288 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,288
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Latin, in occasional use.
Corpus desk
Index EN-octavius · Octavius · English
Octavius · rank #51,288 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,288
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH oden
Nearest frequency peer: oden (+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 “Octavius”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Nogales
Nogales
48,719 corpus weight
- objector
objector
48,715 corpus weight
- Octavius
Octavius
48,713 corpus weight
- oden
oden
48,712 corpus weight
- Ojai
Ojai
48,710 corpus weight
- optometrist
optometrist
48,708 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Octavius” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Octavius |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɒkˈteɪvɪəs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Octavius” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Octavius is uncommon English at frequency #51,288 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɒkˈteɪvɪəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Latin, in occasional use.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Octavius, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Octāvius, name of a Roman gens. The correct English form is Octavius, spelled O-C-T-A-V-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Latin, in occasional use.
Etymology
From Latin Octāvius, name of a Roman gens.
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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