Olympic Games

name

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

"olympic-games" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Olympic Games” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A sporting festival held every four or five years on the Plain of Olympia in southern Greece, in honour of Zeus.

Key facts for Olympic Games
PropertyValue
HeadwordOlympic Games
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Olympic Games” sits in English frequency

Olympic Games falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Olympic Games is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Olympic Games, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Olympic + games, after Middle French ieux olympiques. The correct English form is Olympic Games, spelled O-L-Y-M-P-I-C- -G-A-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A sporting festival held every four or five years on the Plain of Olympia in southern Greece, in honour of Zeus.
  2. 2
    An international multi-sport event (inspired by the ancient festival) taking place every fourth year.

Etymology

From Olympic + games, after Middle French ieux olympiques.

Synonyms

GamesGames of the OlympiadOlympics

This word in other languages

Juegos Olímpicos(Español)Jeux olympiques(Français)Olympische Spiele(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Olympic Games"?
"Olympic Games" is spelled O-L-Y-M-P-I-C- -G-A-M-E-S.
What does "Olympic Games" mean?
As a proper noun, "Olympic Games" means: A sporting festival held every four or five years on the Plain of Olympia in southern Greece, in honour of Zeus.
What is the origin of the word "Olympic Games"?
From Olympic + games, after Middle French ieux olympiques. See the full etymology section above for more details.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Using “Olympic Games”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is O-L-Y-M-P-I-C- -G-A-M-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list