Pegasus
/ˈpɛɡ.ə.səs/
"pegasus" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pegasus” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,940. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,940
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the blood of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from M...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pegasus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɛɡ.ə.səs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,940 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pegasus” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Pegasus (IPA /ˈpɛɡ.ə.səs/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,940 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pegasus, with forms such as "epgasus", "peagsus", and "pegassu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Middle English Pegase, Pegasus, from Latin Pēgasus, from Ancient Greek Πήγασος (Pḗgasos), traditionally associated with πηγή (pēgḗ, “spring, fountain, fountain fed by a spring”), especially used to denote springs of Ocean, where Perseus killed Med… The correct English form is Pegasus, spelled P-E-G-A-S-U-S.
Definition
- 1A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the blood of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon tamed and rode upon Pegasus when he defeated the Chimaera.
- 2A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the blood of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon tamed and rode upon Pegasus when he defeated the Chimaera.
Etymology
From Late Middle English Pegase, Pegasus, from Latin Pēgasus, from Ancient Greek Πήγασος (Pḗgasos), traditionally associated with πηγή (pēgḗ, “spring, fountain, fountain fed by a spring”), especially used to denote springs of Ocean, where Perseus killed Medusa, from whose blood Pegasus sprang. Some have dismissed this as folk etymology and suggest a pre-Greek origin because of the -ασος suffix. First attested in the 14th century.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epgasus
- peagsus
- pegassu
- pegassus
- pegasuss
- pegauss
- peggasus
- pegsaus
- pgeasus
- ppegasus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pegasus - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Pegasus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-E-G-A-S-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpɛɡ.ə.səs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.