Praxiteles
/pɹakˈsɪtɪliːz/
"praxiteles" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Praxiteles” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The most renowned of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BCE, and the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Praxiteles |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /pɹakˈsɪtɪliːz/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Praxiteles” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Praxiteles is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /pɹakˈsɪtɪliːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Praxiteles, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Prāxitelēs, from Ancient Greek Πρᾱξῐτέλης (Prāxĭtélēs). The correct English form is Praxiteles, spelled P-R-A-X-I-T-E-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1The most renowned of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BCE, and the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue.
- 2A crater on the planet Mercury measuring 182 km in diameter.
- 3A main-belt asteroid discovered in 1973.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Prāxitelēs, from Ancient Greek Πρᾱξῐτέλης (Prāxĭtélēs).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Praxiteles”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-R-A-X-I-T-E-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɹakˈsɪtɪliːz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.