affidavit
/ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/
"affidavit" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“affidavit” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,534. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,534
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | affidavit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,534 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “affidavit” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around affidavit (IPA /ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,534 among 35,202 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for affidavit, with forms such as "affdiavit", "affiadvit", and "affidaivt". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Medieval Latin affidavit (“he has sworn”), the third person singular perfect tense of affido (“swear”), from fīdō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”). Cognate to fidelity and faith (same Latin root), but … The correct English form is affidavit, spelled A-F-F-I-D-A-V-I-T.
Definition
- 1A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
Etymology
From Medieval Latin affidavit (“he has sworn”), the third person singular perfect tense of affido (“swear”), from fīdō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”). Cognate to fidelity and faith (same Latin root), but not to affirm (shared Latin ad- prefix, but different Latin and Proto-Indo-European roots).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- affdiavit
- affiadvit
- affidaivt
- affidavitt
- affidavti
- affidavvit
- affiddavit
- affidvait
- afidavit
- afifdavit
- fafidavit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of affidavit - 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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Using “affidavit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-F-F-I-D-A-V-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.