Thalia
/θəˈlaɪ.ə/
"thalia" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Thalia” is uncommon English (frequency #50,837 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,837
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thalia · Thalia · English
Thalia · rank #50,837 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,837
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Thabo
Nearest frequency peer: Thabo (-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 “Thalia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Tecumseh
Tecumseh
49,167 corpus weight
- testy
testy
49,166 corpus weight
- Thabo
Thabo
49,165 corpus weight
- Thalia
Thalia
49,164 corpus weight
- theorize
theorize
49,163 corpus weight
- thereupon
thereupon
49,162 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Thalia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Thalia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Thalia is uncommon English at frequency #50,837 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /θəˈlaɪ.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
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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