Priam
/ˈpɹaɪəm/
"priam" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Priam” is uncommon English (frequency #64,630 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,630
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The king of Troy during the Iliad
Corpus desk
Index EN-priam · Priam · English
Priam · rank #64,630 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,630
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH preemption
Nearest frequency peer: preemption (-2 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 “Priam”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pragmatical…
pragmatically
35,376 corpus weight
- preamp
preamp
35,375 corpus weight
- preeclampsia
preeclampsia
35,374 corpus weight
- preemption
preemption
35,373 corpus weight
- Priam
Priam
35,371 corpus weight
- prn
prn
35,368 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Priam” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Priam |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɹaɪəm/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,630 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Priam” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Priam is uncommon English at frequency #64,630 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈpɹaɪəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The king of Troy during the Iliad".
Priam doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicized version of Latin Priamus, from the Ancient Greek Πρίαμος (Príamos). The correct English form is Priam, spelled P-R-I-A-M.
Definition
- 1The king of Troy during the Iliad
Etymology
Anglicized version of Latin Priamus, from the Ancient Greek Πρίαμος (Príamos).
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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