Philomena
/ˌfɪləˈmiːnə/
"philomena" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Philomena” is uncommon English (frequency #61,703 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,703
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female given name from Ancient Greek.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Philomena |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌfɪləˈmiːnə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Philomena” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Philomena is uncommon English at frequency #61,703 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌfɪləˈmiːnə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Ancient Greek.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Philomena in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Filumena, from Ancient Greek Φιλουμένη (Philouménē, literally “beloved”). Name of an alleged early martyr whose remains were discovered in 1802 in Rome. The correct English form is Philomena, spelled P-H-I-L-O-M-E-N-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Etymology
From Latin Filumena, from Ancient Greek Φιλουμένη (Philouménē, literally “beloved”). Name of an alleged early martyr whose remains were discovered in 1802 in Rome.
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 “Philomena”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-H-I-L-O-M-E-N-A - 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.