Phaedrus
/ˈfiːdrəs/
"phaedrus" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Phaedrus” is uncommon English (frequency #97,435 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,435
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Roman cognomen.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Phaedrus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈfiːdrəs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,435 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Phaedrus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Phaedrus is uncommon English at frequency #97,435 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈfiːdrəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Roman cognomen.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Phaedrus in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Phaedrus, spelled P-H-A-E-D-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1A Roman cognomen.
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 “Phaedrus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-H-A-E-D-R-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.