Valerius
"valerius" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Valerius” is uncommon English (frequency #72,011 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,011
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use in English.
Corpus desk
Index EN-valerius · Valerius · English
Valerius · rank #72,011 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,011
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH Valyrian
Nearest frequency peer: Valyrian (+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 “Valerius”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unseeded
unseeded
27,994 corpus weight
- unsinkable
unsinkable
27,993 corpus weight
- untranslated
untranslated
27,992 corpus weight
- Valerius
Valerius
27,990 corpus weight
- Valyrian
Valyrian
27,989 corpus weight
- varicella
varicella
27,987 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Valerius” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Valerius |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,011 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Valerius” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Valerius is uncommon English at frequency #72,011 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use in English.".
Valerius has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Valerius. The correct English form is Valerius, spelled V-A-L-E-R-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use in English.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Valerius appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Here you are!" said George, pointing with his cigar. "Cato - Publius Valerius by Virgil out of Lydia. That's what you want. Publius Valerius is Christian enough." Dartie, on arriving home, had informed Winifred. She had been charmed. It was so 'chic'. And Publius Valerius became the baby's name, though it afterwards transpired that they had got hold of t…
Etymology
From Latin Valerius.
This word in other languages
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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