althea
"althea" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“althea” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,181. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,181
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several plants of the genus Althaea; the hollyhocks and mallows, native to Eurasia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-althea · althea · English
althea · rank #49,181 · 8 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,181
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH alarmist
Nearest frequency peer: alarmist (-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 “althea”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- airdrop
airdrop
50,823 corpus weight
- Akram
Akram
50,822 corpus weight
- alarmist
alarmist
50,821 corpus weight
- althea
althea
50,820 corpus weight
- Amari
Amari
50,819 corpus weight
- ameliorate
ameliorate
50,818 corpus weight
What this shows “althea” 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 | althea |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,181 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “althea”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around althea, anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,181 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any of several plants of the genus Althaea; the hollyhocks and mallows, native to Eurasia.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for althea, with forms such as "alhtea", "allthea", and "alteha". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "altho", "anthem", "asthma", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin althaea. The correct English form is althea, spelled A-L-T-H-E-A.
Definition
- 1Any of several plants of the genus Althaea; the hollyhocks and mallows, native to Eurasia.
Etymology
From Latin althaea.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alhtea
- allthea
- alteha
- althae
- althhea
- altthea
- atlhea
- lathea
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of althea - 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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).