Troilus
"troilus" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Troilus” is uncommon English (frequency #70,344 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,344
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name.
Corpus desk
Index EN-troilus · Troilus · English
Troilus · rank #70,344 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,344
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH triode
Nearest frequency peer: triode (-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 “Troilus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tracery
tracery
29,662 corpus weight
- Travancore
Travancore
29,660 corpus weight
- triode
triode
29,658 corpus weight
- Troilus
Troilus
29,657 corpus weight
- Troyes
Troyes
29,655 corpus weight
- tsetse
tsetse
29,653 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Troilus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Troilus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Troilus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Troilus is uncommon English at frequency #70,344 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Troilus, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Τρωΐλος (Trōḯlos). The correct English form is Troilus, spelled T-R-O-I-L-U-S.
Definition
- 1A male given name.
- 2Troilus, a character associated with the Trojan War
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Τρωΐλος (Trōḯlos).
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).