Theodosia
/ˌθiː.əˈdəʊ.ʒə/
"theodosia" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Theodosia” is uncommon English (frequency #98,795 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,795
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female given name from Ancient Greek.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Theodosia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌθiː.əˈdəʊ.ʒə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Theodosia” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Theodosia is uncommon English at frequency #98,795 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌθiː.əˈdəʊ.ʒə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Theodosia in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Theodosia, from Ancient Greek Θεοδοσία (Theodosía). Feminine form of Theodosius. Doublet of Feodosiya. The correct English form is Theodosia, spelled T-H-E-O-D-O-S-I-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 2A village in Missouri, United States.
- 3Alternative form of Feodosiya, a city in Crimea, Ukraine.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Theodosia, from Ancient Greek Θεοδοσία (Theodosía). Feminine form of Theodosius. Doublet of Feodosiya.
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 “Theodosia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-H-E-O-D-O-S-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌθiː.əˈdəʊ.ʒə/ (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.