audio
/ˈɔː.di.əʊ/
"audio" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“audio” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,147. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,147
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.
Corpus desk
Index EN-audio · audio · English
audio · rank #3,147 · 5 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,147
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH attended
Nearest frequency peer: attended (-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 “audio”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- tested
tested
96,857 corpus weight
- trick
trick
96,856 corpus weight
- attended
attended
96,855 corpus weight
- audio
audio
96,854 corpus weight
- bone
bone
96,853 corpus weight
- Brian
Brian
96,852 corpus weight
What this shows “audio” 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 | audio |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɔː.di.əʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “audio”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around audio (IPA /ˈɔː.di.əʊ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,147 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for audio, with forms such as "aduio", "auddio", and "audoi". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "auto", "audit", "audits", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of audio-. Cognates include Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “perceive, notice”) whence English aesthetic. The correct English form is audio, spelled A-U-D-I-O.
Definition
- 1Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how audio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If you're more audio than visual, tune in on the "A-V Soap Opera" (page 375).
I'm very audio, so I hear words.
Etymology
Clipping of audio-. Cognates include Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “perceive, notice”) whence English aesthetic.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aduio
- auddio
- audoi
- auido
- uadio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of audio - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "audio", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).