astronomer
/əˈstɹɒn.ə.mə/
"astronomer" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“astronomer” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,460. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,460
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.
Corpus desk
Index EN-astronomer · astronomer · English
astronomer · rank #23,460 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,460
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH attested
Nearest frequency peer: attested (+2 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 “astronomer”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- anorexia
anorexia
76,546 corpus weight
- anthropolog…
anthropologist
76,544 corpus weight
- astronomer
astronomer
76,541 corpus weight
- attested
attested
76,539 corpus weight
- attrition
attrition
76,538 corpus weight
- aud
aud
76,537 corpus weight
What this shows “astronomer” 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 | astronomer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈstɹɒn.ə.mə/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #23,460 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “astronomer”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around astronomer (IPA /əˈstɹɒn.ə.mə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,460 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for astronomer, with forms such as "asrtonomer", "asstronomer", and "astornomer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "astronomy", "astrologer", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English astronomer, equivalent to astronomy + -er. The correct English form is astronomer, spelled A-S-T-R-O-N-O-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how astronomer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pioneering American astronomer Vera Rubin once mentored fellow aspiring female astronomers and advocated for women in science. It’s fitting that the first national US observatory named for a female astronomer is in her honor.
But none of those brown dwarfs were speeding along on a trajectory that would carry them out of the galaxy like “runaway” hypervelocity stars observed by astronomers in the last two decades.
Etymology
From Middle English astronomer, equivalent to astronomy + -er.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asrtonomer
- asstronomer
- astornomer
- astrnoomer
- astronmoer
- astronnomer
- astronoemr
- astronomerr
- astronommer
- astronomre
- astroonmer
- astrronomer
- asttronomer
- atsronomer
- satronomer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of astronomer - 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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).