avenger
/əˈvɛndʒə(ɹ)/
"avenger" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“avenger” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,673. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,673
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who avenges or vindicates.
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 | avenger |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈvɛndʒə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #25,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “avenger” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around avenger (IPA /əˈvɛndʒə(ɹ)/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,673 among 35,202 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for avenger, with forms such as "aevnger", "avegner", and "avenegr". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "avenue", "avengers", "anger", 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 avengere; equivalent to avenge + -er. The correct English form is avenger, spelled A-V-E-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who avenges or vindicates.
- 2One who takes vengeance.
Etymology
From Middle English avengere; equivalent to avenge + -er.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aevnger
- avegner
- avenegr
- avengerr
- avengger
- avengre
- avennger
- avneger
- avvenger
- vaenger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of avenger - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “avenger”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-V-E-N-G-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈvɛndʒə(ɹ)/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “avenue” - see the side-by-side comparison. avenger vs avenue
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
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.