Parthia
/ˈpɑːθi.ə/
"parthia" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Parthia” is uncommon English (frequency #97,418 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,418
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A region in northeastern Iran.
Corpus desk
Index EN-parthia · Parthia · English
Parthia · rank #97,418 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,418
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH paroxetine
Nearest frequency peer: paroxetine (-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 “Parthia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- panicum
panicum
2,589 corpus weight
- Parmigiano
Parmigiano
2,586 corpus weight
- paroxetine
paroxetine
2,585 corpus weight
- Parthia
Parthia
2,583 corpus weight
- passim
passim
2,581 corpus weight
- pastis
pastis
2,580 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Parthia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Parthia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɑːθi.ə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,418 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Parthia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Parthia is uncommon English at frequency #97,418 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈpɑːθi.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Parthia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Parthia, from Ancient Greek Παρθία (Parthía), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 (Parθava) (or another Old Iranian language). The correct English form is Parthia, spelled P-A-R-T-H-I-A.
Definition
- 1A region in northeastern Iran.
- 2A former empire in Central Asia and West Asia, ruled by dynasts from Parthia; the Parthian Empire; the Arsacid Empire.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Parthia, from Ancient Greek Παρθία (Parthía), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 (Parθava) (or another Old Iranian language).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).