Pergamon
/ˈpɜːɡəmən/
"pergamon" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pergamon” is uncommon English (frequency #61,021 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,021
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of Pergamum.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pergamon · Pergamon · English
Pergamon · rank #61,021 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,021
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Perceval
Nearest frequency peer: Perceval (-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 “Pergamon”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pedi
pedi
38,983 corpus weight
- Pennsylvani…
Pennsylvanian
38,982 corpus weight
- Perceval
Perceval
38,981 corpus weight
- Pergamon
Pergamon
38,980 corpus weight
- Peron
Peron
38,979 corpus weight
- personage
personage
38,978 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Pergamon” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pergamon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɜːɡəmən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Pergamon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Pergamon is uncommon English at frequency #61,021 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈpɜːɡəmən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of Pergamum.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Pergamon in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Πέργαμον (Pérgamon). The correct English form is Pergamon, spelled P-E-R-G-A-M-O-N.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of Pergamum.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πέργαμον (Pérgamon).
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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