awake
/əˈweɪk/
"awake" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“awake” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,658. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,658
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Not asleep; conscious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-awake · awake · English
awake · rank #5,658 · 6 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,658
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH associates
Nearest frequency peer: associates (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “awake”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- accent
accent
94,346 corpus weight
- addiction
addiction
94,345 corpus weight
- associates
associates
94,344 corpus weight
- awake
awake
94,343 corpus weight
- beam
beam
94,342 corpus weight
- beans
beans
94,341 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “awake” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | awake |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈweɪk/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,658 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “awake” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around awake (IPA /əˈweɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,658 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for awake, with forms such as "aawke", "awaek", and "awakke". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "awe", "away", "award", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ud-s-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂u-s-? Proto-Germanic *uz- Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- Old English ar- Old English ā- Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-der. Proto-Germanic *wakaną Proto-West Germanic *wakan Old English wacan Old English… The correct English form is awake, spelled A-W-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1Not asleep; conscious.
- 2Alert, aware.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how awake appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
By quarter to six all this had me so awake and agitated that even the Balinese wind chimes that I hung up in the garden to relax me began to sound like Big Ben.
They were awake to the possibility of a decline in sales.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ud-s-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂u-s-? Proto-Germanic *uz- Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- Old English ar- Old English ā- Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-der. Proto-Germanic *wakaną Proto-West Germanic *wakan Old English wacan Old English āwacan Middle English awaken Middle English awake English awake From Middle English awake, a shortened form of awaken (“awakened, awake”), past participle of Middle English awaken (“to awaken”). See verb below. Compare Saterland Frisian woak (“awake”), German Low German waak (“awake”), German wach (“awake”).
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aawke
- awaek
- awakke
- awkae
- awwake
- waake
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of awake - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "awake", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.