Scamander
"scamander" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Scamander” is uncommon English (frequency #90,941 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,941
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A river in modern Turkey near the site of Troy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Scamander |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,941 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Scamander” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Scamander is uncommon English at frequency #90,941 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Scamander in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Scamander, from Ancient Greek Σκάμανδρος (Skámandros). The correct English form is Scamander, spelled S-C-A-M-A-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1A river in modern Turkey near the site of Troy.
- 2A town in Break O'Day Council, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Etymology
From Latin Scamander, from Ancient Greek Σκάμανδρος (Skámandros).
Synonyms
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 “Scamander”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-C-A-M-A-N-D-E-R - 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.