Silesian
/saɪˈliːzi.ən/
"silesian" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Silesian” is uncommon English (frequency #77,198 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,198
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to Silesia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-silesian · Silesian · English
Silesian · rank #77,198 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,198
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sigs
Nearest frequency peer: sigs (-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 “Silesian”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- shiatsu
shiatsu
22,808 corpus weight
- sigs
sigs
22,804 corpus weight
- Silesian
Silesian
22,803 corpus weight
- siltstone
siltstone
22,801 corpus weight
- slants
slants
22,798 corpus weight
- slavishly
slavishly
22,797 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Silesian” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Silesian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /saɪˈliːzi.ən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,198 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Silesian” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Silesian is uncommon English at frequency #77,198 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /saɪˈliːzi.ən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to Silesia.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Silesian in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Silesia + -an. The correct English form is Silesian, spelled S-I-L-E-S-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to Silesia.
Etymology
From Silesia + -an.
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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