Theodora
"theodora" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Theodora” is uncommon English (frequency #50,269 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,269
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Ancient Greek, most famously borne by two empresses of Byzantium.
Corpus desk
Index EN-theodora · Theodora · English
Theodora · rank #50,269 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,269
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tedium
Nearest frequency peer: tedium (-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 “Theodora”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tali
tali
49,736 corpus weight
- Talladega
Talladega
49,735 corpus weight
- tedium
tedium
49,733 corpus weight
- Theodora
Theodora
49,732 corpus weight
- thoughtfuln…
thoughtfulness
49,731 corpus weight
- thousandth
thousandth
49,730 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Theodora” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Theodora |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,269 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Theodora” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Theodora is uncommon English at frequency #50,269 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Ancient Greek, most famously borne by two empresses of Byzantium.".
Theodora doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Ancient Greek feminine form of Theodore. The correct English form is Theodora, spelled T-H-E-O-D-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Ancient Greek, most famously borne by two empresses of Byzantium.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Theodora appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Peter Mathias and the baby, a tiny girl with a ridiculous name, had gathered around their mother. What was her name, something barbaric, an empress, not Cleopatra - Theodora.
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek feminine form of Theodore.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).