Pelagius
/pɪˈleɪd͡ʒiəs/
"pelagius" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pelagius” is uncommon English (frequency #92,989 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,989
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name of historical usage.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pelagius · Pelagius · English
Pelagius · rank #92,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,989
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pedagogue
Nearest frequency peer: pedagogue (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Pelagius”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Paxil
Paxil
7,016 corpus weight
- peckish
peckish
7,014 corpus weight
- pedagogue
pedagogue
7,013 corpus weight
- Pelagius
Pelagius
7,012 corpus weight
- penetrator
penetrator
7,011 corpus weight
- penknife
penknife
7,010 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Pelagius” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pelagius |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /pɪˈleɪd͡ʒiəs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Pelagius” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Pelagius is uncommon English at frequency #92,989 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /pɪˈleɪd͡ʒiəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name of historical usage.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Pelagius, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Pelagius, from Ancient Greek Πελάγιος (Pelágios), from πελάγιος (pelágios, “of the sea”), from πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). The correct English form is Pelagius, spelled P-E-L-A-G-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1A male given name of historical usage.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Pelagius, from Ancient Greek Πελάγιος (Pelágios), from πελάγιος (pelágios, “of the sea”), from πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”).
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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