Addis
"addis" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Addis” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #25,650) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #25,650
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname originating as a patronymic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-addis · Addis · English
Addis · rank #25,650 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,650
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH accordion
Nearest frequency peer: accordion (-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 neighbours of confusable “Addis”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- 1d
1d
74,354 corpus weight
- accordion
accordion
74,352 corpus weight
- Addis
Addis
74,351 corpus weight
- aeronautical
aeronautical
74,350 corpus weight
- Ahl
Ahl
74,349 corpus weight
- alimony
alimony
74,348 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “Addis” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
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 | Addis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #25,650 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “Addis”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Addis is neighbouring look-alikes ("ads", "AIS", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun. Frequency #25,650 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Gloss: "A surname originating as a patronymic.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Addis, with forms such as "addiss", "addsi", and "adids". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ads", "AIS", "adds", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a diminutive of Adam + the patronymic suffix -s. The correct English form is Addis, spelled A-D-D-I-S.
Definition
- 1A surname originating as a patronymic.
Etymology
From a diminutive of Adam + the patronymic suffix -s.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- addiss
- addsi
- adids
- dadis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Addis - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).