Theseus
/ˈθiːsjuːs/
"theseus" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Theseus” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,476. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,476
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A legendary Ancient Greek hero most famous for defeating the minotaur in the labyrinth of Crete.
Corpus desk
Index EN-theseus · Theseus · English
Theseus · rank #40,476 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,476
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH thieving
Nearest frequency peer: thieving (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Theseus”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- tangential
tangential
59,528 corpus weight
- teardrop
teardrop
59,527 corpus weight
- Theseus
Theseus
59,525 corpus weight
- thieving
thieving
59,524 corpus weight
- Toews
Toews
59,523 corpus weight
- toga
toga
59,522 corpus weight
What this shows “Theseus” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Theseus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈθiːsjuːs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,476 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Theseus”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Theseus (IPA /ˈθiːsjuːs/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #40,476 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A legendary Ancient Greek hero most famous for defeating the minotaur in the labyrinth of Crete.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Theseus, with forms such as "hteseus", "tehseus", and "theesus". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "thesis", "these", "theres", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Θησεύς (Thēseús). His name comes from the same root as θεσμός (thesmós), Greek for “institution”. The correct English form is Theseus, spelled T-H-E-S-E-U-S.
Definition
- 1A legendary Ancient Greek hero most famous for defeating the minotaur in the labyrinth of Crete.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Θησεύς (Thēseús). His name comes from the same root as θεσμός (thesmós), Greek for “institution”.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hteseus
- tehseus
- theesus
- thesesu
- theseuss
- thesseus
- thesues
- thheseus
- thseeus
- ttheseus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Theseus - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Theseus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).