Theodosia
/ˌθiː.əˈdəʊ.ʒə/
"theodosia" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Theodosia” is uncommon English (frequency #98,795 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,795
- 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.
Corpus desk
Index EN-theodosia · Theodosia · English
Theodosia · rank #98,795 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,795
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH theanine
Nearest frequency peer: theanine (-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 “Theodosia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- that've
that've
1,208 corpus weight
- theanine
theanine
1,207 corpus weight
- Theodosia
Theodosia
1,206 corpus weight
- therethrough
therethrough
1,205 corpus weight
- thiopental
thiopental
1,203 corpus weight
- Thomasson
Thomasson
1,202 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Theodosia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Theodosia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Theodosia is uncommon English at frequency #98,795 among 3,151 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Theodosia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Theda Bara, born Theodosia Burr Goodman, was one of the most popular actresses of the silent-film era.
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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