almond
/ˈɑː.mənd/
"almond" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“almond” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,264. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,264
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut.
Corpus desk
Index EN-almond · almond · English
almond · rank #14,264 · 9 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,264
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Alexandra
Nearest frequency peer: Alexandra (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “almond”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- ala
ala
85,740 corpus weight
- alarming
alarming
85,739 corpus weight
- Alexandra
Alexandra
85,738 corpus weight
- almond
almond
85,737 corpus weight
- amenities
amenities
85,736 corpus weight
- amounted
amounted
85,735 corpus weight
What this shows “almond” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | almond |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɑː.mənd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “almond”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around almond (IPA /ˈɑː.mənd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,264 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for almond, with forms such as "allmond", "almmond", and "almnod". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Alon", "along", "among", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English almond, almaund, from Old French almande, amande, from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of uncertain origin. Influenced by amandus and by many European words of Arabic origin … The correct English form is almond, spelled A-L-M-O-N-D.
Definition
- 1The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut.
- 2The tree that produces almonds.
- 3Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
- 4Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
- 5Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
- 6Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
- 7Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
- 8Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
- 9The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour.
- 10The colour of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown.
- 11Flavour or other characteristics of almond.
- 12Anything shaped like an almond; specifically, (anatomy, archaic) a tonsil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how almond appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In early March the almonds are in flower, delicately pink, and there are washes of bright daffodils beneath the orchard trees; you can see women gathering them for market.
I can't eat it if it has too much almond in it.
Etymology
From Middle English almond, almaund, from Old French almande, amande, from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of uncertain origin. Influenced by amandus and by many European words of Arabic origin beginning with the Arabic definite article Arabic ال (al-). Compare Spanish almóndiga and Portuguese almôndega (“meatball”) from Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (“hazelnut al-bunduqa”). Doublet of amygdala, amygdale, and mandorla.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- allmond
- almmond
- almnod
- almodn
- almondd
- almonnd
- alomnd
- amlond
- lamond
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of almond - 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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