Sophocles
/ˈsɒ.fə.kliːz/
"sophocles" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sophocles” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,785. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,785
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Greek dramatic poet (ca. 497 BCE – 405 BCE); Sophocles was one of the three greatest Greek tragedians. In the Athenian dramatic competitions of the Festival of Dionysus, he won more first prizes ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sophocles |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɒ.fə.kliːz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #46,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sophocles” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Sophocles (IPA /ˈsɒ.fə.kliːz/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #46,785 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sophocles, with forms such as "osphocles", "sohpocles", and "sophcoles". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Sophoclēs from Ancient Greek Σοφοκλῆς (Sophoklês). The correct English form is Sophocles, spelled S-O-P-H-O-C-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1A Greek dramatic poet (ca. 497 BCE – 405 BCE); Sophocles was one of the three greatest Greek tragedians. In the Athenian dramatic competitions of the Festival of Dionysus, he won more first prizes (around 20) than any other playwright, and placed second in all others he participated in. He is best remembered for his Oedipus Cycle of plays.
- 2A male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to Ancient Greek Σοφοκλῆς (Sophoklês) or Greek Σοφοκλής (Sofoklís).
Etymology
From Latin Sophoclēs from Ancient Greek Σοφοκλῆς (Sophoklês).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osphocles
- sohpocles
- sophcoles
- sophhocles
- sophoccles
- sophocels
- sophocless
- sophoclles
- sophoclse
- sopholces
- sopohcles
- sopphocles
- spohocles
- ssophocles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sophocles - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Sophocles”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-O-P-H-O-C-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsɒ.fə.kliːz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.