Prince of Darkness
"prince-of-darkness" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Prince of Darkness” 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
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Satan; the Devil.
Corpus desk
Index EN-prince-of-darkness · Prince of Darkness · English
Prince of Darkness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Prince of Darkness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Prince of Darkness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Prince of Darkness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Prince of Darkness in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of Latin prīnceps tenebrārum, used in the epic poem Paradise Lost (1667). The correct English form is Prince of Darkness, spelled P-R-I-N-C-E- -O-F- -D-A-R-K-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Satan; the Devil.
- 2A particularly evil person.
- 3Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see prince, darkness.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Prince of Darkness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The highest level of promotion for a human in the Dark Kingdom is in the Ruler of Darkness hierarchy as a Prince of Darkness. A Prince or Princess of Darkness is among the elite in the Dark Kingdom and has the privileges of a Power.
Etymology
Calque of Latin prīnceps tenebrārum, used in the epic poem Paradise Lost (1667).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.