Styx
\stiks\
The verdict
“Styx” is uncommon French (frequency #51,155 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,155
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fleuve des Enfers dans la mythologie grecque, dont les eaux rendaient invulnérable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-styx · Styx · French
Styx · rank #51,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,155
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH stupid
Nearest frequency peer: stupid (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Styx »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- structurants
structurants
48,849 corpus weight
- stuc
stuc
48,848 corpus weight
- stupid
stupid
48,847 corpus weight
- Styx
Styx
48,846 corpus weight
- subliminal
subliminal
48,845 corpus weight
- subordonnées
subordonnées
48,844 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Styx » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Styx |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \stiks\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Styx » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Styx is uncommon French at frequency #51,155 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \stiks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Styx doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Styx, spelled S-T-Y-X.
Definition
- 1Fleuve des Enfers dans la mythologie grecque, dont les eaux rendaient invulnérable.
- 2Océanide associée à ce fleuve.
- 3Lieu qui protège à jamais.
- 4Lune de Pluton, découverte le 26 juin 2012.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Styx appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Narcisse rejoignit le Styx, fleuve des morts, et l’on dit même que dans ces eaux noires, il ne put s’empêcher de se mirer encore et encore.
Téthys enfanta aussi la troupe sacrée de ces nymphes qui, avec le roi Apollon et les Fleuves, élèvent sur la terre l’enfance des héros ; c’est Jupiter lui-même qui les chargea de cet emploi : Pitho, Admète, Ianthé, Électre, Doris, Prymno, Uranie semblable aux dieux, Hippo, Clymène, Rhodie, Callirhoé, Zeuxo, Clytie, Idye, Pasithoé, Plexaure, Galaxaure, l’a…
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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