Thalia
/θəˈlaɪ.ə/
"thalia" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Thalia” is an uncommon English word, ranked #50,837 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #50,837
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Thalia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /θəˈlaɪ.ə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,837 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Thalia” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Thalia is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /θəˈlaɪ.ə/. Corpus data places it at rank #50,837 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Thalia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Θαλία (Thalía) or Θάλεια (Tháleia); from Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “flourish, to be verdant”). The correct English form is Thalia, spelled T-H-A-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1The Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry.
- 2One of the three Graces/Charites.
- 323 Thalia, a main belt asteroid.
- 4The comedy mask.
- 5Socks, as a symbol of comedy.
- 6A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 7A locality in the Shire of Buloke, north western Victoria, Australia
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Θαλία (Thalía) or Θάλεια (Tháleia); from Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “flourish, to be verdant”).
Synonyms
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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 “Thalia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-H-A-L-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /θəˈlaɪ.ə/ (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.