bathtub
/ˈbɑːθtʌb/
"bathtub" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bathtub” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,963. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,963
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A large container for holding water in which a person may bathe (take a bath).
Corpus desk
Index EN-bathtub · bathtub · English
bathtub · rank #15,963 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,963
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH beep
Nearest frequency peer: beep (+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 “bathtub”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Avon
Avon
84,042 corpus weight
- bangs
bangs
84,041 corpus weight
- bashing
bashing
84,040 corpus weight
- bathtub
bathtub
84,038 corpus weight
- beep
beep
84,037 corpus weight
- biscuit
biscuit
84,035 corpus weight
What this shows “bathtub” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bathtub |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɑːθtʌb/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #15,963 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “bathtub”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around bathtub (IPA /ˈbɑːθtʌb/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,963 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A large container for holding water in which a person may bathe (take a bath).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for bathtub, with forms such as "abthtub", "bahttub", and "bathhtub". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bath + tub. The correct English form is bathtub, spelled B-A-T-H-T-U-B.
Definition
- 1A large container for holding water in which a person may bathe (take a bath).
Etymology
From bath + tub.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abthtub
- bahttub
- bathhtub
- bathtbu
- bathttub
- bathtubb
- bathutb
- batthtub
- batthub
- bbathtub
- btahtub
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bathtub - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).