Pelagius
/pɪˈleɪd͡ʒiəs/
"pelagius" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pelagius” is uncommon English (frequency #92,989 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,989
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male given name of historical usage.
| 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) |
Where “Pelagius” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Pelagius is uncommon English at frequency #92,989 among 46,516 “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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Using “Pelagius”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-E-L-A-G-I-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.