Orestes
/ɒˈɹɛstiːz/
"orestes" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Orestes” is uncommon English (frequency #51,295 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,295
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother, avenging his father's death, and was then pursued by the Furies.
Corpus desk
Index EN-orestes · Orestes · English
Orestes · rank #51,295 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,295
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH optometrist
Nearest frequency peer: optometrist (-2 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 “Orestes”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Octavius
Octavius
48,713 corpus weight
- oden
oden
48,712 corpus weight
- Ojai
Ojai
48,710 corpus weight
- optometrist
optometrist
48,708 corpus weight
- Orestes
Orestes
48,706 corpus weight
- Paducah
Paducah
48,700 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Orestes” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Orestes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɒˈɹɛstiːz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,295 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Orestes” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Orestes is uncommon English at frequency #51,295 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɒˈɹɛstiːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Orestes doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρέστης (Oréstēs). The correct English form is Orestes, spelled O-R-E-S-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1The son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother, avenging his father's death, and was then pursued by the Furies.
- 2A region of Macedonia.
- 3A town in Indiana.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρέστης (Oréstēs).
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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