aborigines
"aborigines" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aborigines” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,669. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,669
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of aborigine
Corpus desk
Index EN-aborigines · aborigines · English
aborigines · rank #30,669 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #30,669
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH abreast
Nearest frequency peer: abreast (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “aborigines”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 2G
2G
69,335 corpus weight
- aborigines
aborigines
69,332 corpus weight
- abreast
abreast
69,331 corpus weight
- absurdly
absurdly
69,330 corpus weight
- ABV
ABV
69,329 corpus weight
- ach
ach
69,328 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “aborigines” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | aborigines |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #30,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aborigines” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around aborigines, anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,669 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of aborigine".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for aborigines, with forms such as "abborigines", "aboirgines", and "aborgiines". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "aboriginal", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin aborīginēs. The correct English form is aborigines, spelled A-B-O-R-I-G-I-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of aborigine
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin aborīginēs.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abborigines
- aboirgines
- aborgiines
- aboriggines
- aborigiens
- aboriginess
- aboriginnes
- aboriginse
- aborignies
- aboriignes
- aborrigines
- abroigines
- aobrigines
- baorigines
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aborigines - 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 "aborigines", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "aboriginal". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #30,669 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.