Telemachus
/təˈlɛməkəs/
"telemachus" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Telemachus” is uncommon English (frequency #81,892 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,892
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The son of Odysseus and Penelope.
Corpus desk
Index EN-telemachus · Telemachus · English
Telemachus · rank #81,892 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,892
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH teenie
Nearest frequency peer: teenie (-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 “Telemachus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Tarquin
Tarquin
18,112 corpus weight
- taverna
taverna
18,111 corpus weight
- teenie
teenie
18,110 corpus weight
- Telemachus
Telemachus
18,109 corpus weight
- tensioned
tensioned
18,108 corpus weight
- tepe
tepe
18,107 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Telemachus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Telemachus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /təˈlɛməkəs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #81,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Telemachus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Telemachus is uncommon English at frequency #81,892 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /təˈlɛməkəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Telemachus, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin Telemachus, from Ancient Greek Τηλέμαχος (Tēlémakhos). The correct English form is Telemachus, spelled T-E-L-E-M-A-C-H-U-S.
Definition
- 1The son of Odysseus and Penelope.
- 2Ellipsis of Saint Telemachus, a 4th century Christian martyr and saint.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Telemachus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This is my son, mine own Telemachus, / To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle—
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Telemachus, from Ancient Greek Τηλέμαχος (Tēlémakhos).
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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