# Styx

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /stɪks/ · frequency rank #47,356

## Definitions
1. The river, in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon.
2. The 5th moon of Pluto, discovered in 2012.
3. A locality in the Derwent Valley council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Στύξ (Stúx).

## Easily confused with
- **Sy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/styx-vs-sy)
- **Syd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/styx-vs-syd)
- **syn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/styx-vs-syn)
- **say** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/say-vs-styx)
- **six** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/six-vs-styx)
- **sex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sex-vs-styx)
- **sky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sky-vs-styx)
- **spy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spy-vs-styx)
- **shy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shy-vs-styx)
- **sox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sox-vs-styx)
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soy-vs-styx)
- **STD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/std-vs-styx)
- **sly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sly-vs-styx)
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sta-vs-styx)
- **STR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/str-vs-styx)
- **STS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sts-vs-styx)
- **Stu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stu-vs-styx)
- **sax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sax-vs-styx)
- **STI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sti-vs-styx)
- **STM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stm-vs-styx)

## Common misspellings (7)
`sstyx`, `sttyx`, `stxy`, `styxx`, `styyx`, `sytx`, `tsyx`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/styx