odeon
/ˈəʊdɪən/
"odeon" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“odeon” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,939. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,939
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry.
Corpus desk
Index EN-odeon · odeon · English
odeon · rank #48,939 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,939
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Okanagan
Nearest frequency peer: Okanagan (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “odeon”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- obligate
obligate
51,065 corpus weight
- obstetric
obstetric
51,064 corpus weight
- odeon
odeon
51,062 corpus weight
- Okanagan
Okanagan
51,061 corpus weight
- Oldfield
Oldfield
51,060 corpus weight
- Olsson
Olsson
51,059 corpus weight
What this shows “odeon” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | odeon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈəʊdɪən/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #48,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “odeon”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around odeon (IPA /ˈəʊdɪən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,939 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for odeon, with forms such as "doeon", "oddeon", and "odeno". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "open", "oven", "Owen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον (ōideîon), from ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). The correct English form is odeon, spelled O-D-E-O-N.
Definition
- 1An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry.
- 2A theatre or concert hall.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how odeon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The other building type similar to theatres, although smaller and generally roofed, was the odeon. Unlike theatres and amphitheatres, odea were not built in all of the larger Roman towns, although they became more common in the second century ad.
However, the significance of this transformation should not be overstated: it was not converted in to a church until the 6th c., and political meetings are attested in the nearby odeon, from late acclamations. Sagalassos is in fact the only eastern bouleuterion to show decay in the 5th c. Other examples are known that are generically dated to Late Antiqui…
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον (ōideîon), from ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- doeon
- oddeon
- odeno
- odeonn
- odoen
- oedon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of odeon - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).