Phobos
/ˈfoʊbəs/
"phobos" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Phobos” is uncommon English (frequency #71,005 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,005
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A son of Ares (Mars). Also the Greek god of fear.
Corpus desk
Index EN-phobos · Phobos · English
Phobos · rank #71,005 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,005
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Phoenicia
Nearest frequency peer: Phoenicia (+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 “Phobos”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- penumbra
penumbra
29,001 corpus weight
- perspex
perspex
29,000 corpus weight
- philatelic
philatelic
28,998 corpus weight
- Phobos
Phobos
28,996 corpus weight
- Phoenicia
Phoenicia
28,995 corpus weight
- Pict
Pict
28,993 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Phobos” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Phobos |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈfoʊbəs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,005 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Phobos” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Phobos is uncommon English at frequency #71,005 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈfoʊbəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Phobos, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Φόβος (Phóbos, “Fear”). The correct English form is Phobos, spelled P-H-O-B-O-S.
Definition
- 1A son of Ares (Mars). Also the Greek god of fear.
- 2The innermost natural satellite of Mars.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Φόβος (Phóbos, “Fear”).
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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