Thessalonica
/ˌθɛsələˈnaɪkə/
"thessalonica" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Thessalonica” is uncommon English (frequency #83,814 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,814
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of Thessaloniki: a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thessalonica · Thessalonica · English
Thessalonica · rank #83,814 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,814
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH thrombin
Nearest frequency peer: thrombin (+1 rank slots)
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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 “Thessalonica”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tatted
tatted
16,195 corpus weight
- thereunder
thereunder
16,189 corpus weight
- Thessalonica
Thessalonica
16,187 corpus weight
- thrombin
thrombin
16,186 corpus weight
- thrombus
thrombus
16,185 corpus weight
- Thune
Thune
16,184 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Thessalonica” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Thessalonica |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌθɛsələˈnaɪkə/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #83,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Thessalonica” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Thessalonica is uncommon English at frequency #83,814 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌθɛsələˈnaɪkə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of Thessaloniki: a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Thessalonica, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Thessalonīca, from Ancient Greek Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη (Thessălonī́kē), named for Thessalonike daughter of Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander of Macedonia, from Θεσσᾰλός (Thessălós, “Thessalian”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, … The correct English form is Thessalonica, spelled T-H-E-S-S-A-L-O-N-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of Thessaloniki: a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Thessalonīca, from Ancient Greek Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη (Thessălonī́kē), named for Thessalonike daughter of Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander of Macedonia, from Θεσσᾰλός (Thessălós, “Thessalian”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”), possibly named for her birth on the anniversary of the Battle of Crocus Field in Thessaly.
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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