beauty

/ˈbjuːti/

//ˈbjuːti// noun

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"beauty" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“beauty” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,809. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,809
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.

Corpus desk

Index EN-beauty · beauty · English

beauty · rank #1,809 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,809
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH aid

Nearest frequency peer: aid (-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 “beauty”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “beauty” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

beauty vs betty
67% similar
beauty vs beaux
67% similar
beauty vs beat
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for beauty
PropertyValue
Headwordbeauty
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbjuːti/
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,809
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “beauty”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).beautylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “aid” (#1,808), “believed” (#1,810), “wake” (#1,807). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “beauty” is #1,809. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around beauty (IPA /ˈbjuːti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,809 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for beauty, with forms such as "baeuty", "bbeauty", and "beatuy". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "betty", "beaux", "beat", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonusder. Old Latin *duenelos Vulgar Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Vulgar La… The correct English form is beauty, spelled B-E-A-U-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.
  2. 2
    Someone who is beautiful.
  3. 3
    Those aspects or elements that make someone or something beautiful.
  4. 4
    Something that is particularly good or pleasing.
  5. 5
    An excellent or egregious example of something.
  6. 6
    The excellence or genius of a scheme or decision.
  7. 7
    A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).
  8. 8
    Beauty treatment; cosmetology.
  9. 9
    Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
  10. 10
    Beautiful passages or extracts of poetry.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how beauty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness; but still will keep / A bower quiet for us, and a sleep / Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
  2. ‘Say, hast thou seen enough!’ ‘I have looked on beauty, and I am blinded,’ I said hoarsely, lifting my hand to cover up my eyes.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonusder. Old Latin *duenelos Vulgar Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Vulgar Latin -tās Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor. Middle English beaute English beauty From Middle English bewty, bewte, beaute, bealte, from Anglo-Norman and Old French beauté (early Old French spelling biauté), from Vulgar Latin *bellitātem (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fair”); see beau. In this sense, mostly displaced native Old English fæġernes, whence Modern English fairness.

Synonyms

good-lookingnessgorgeousnessinspirationlovelinessbellelookergood lookerbeautiful personbeautiful womangemjewelattractivenessbeautifulnessbeautycomelinessprettinesspulchritude

Antonyms

repulsivenesshomelinessugliness

This word in other languages

belleza(Español)beauté(Français)Schönheit(Deutsch)beleza(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • baeuty
  • bbeauty
  • beatuy
  • beautty
  • beautyy
  • beauyt
  • beuaty
  • ebauty

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beauty - 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.

baeuty2bbeauty1beatuy2beautty1beautyy1beauyt2beuaty2ebauty2
Edit distance from "beauty"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beauty"?
"beauty" is spelled B-E-A-U-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbjuːti/.
What does "beauty" mean?
As a noun, "beauty" means: The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.
What words are commonly confused with "beauty"?
"beauty" is commonly confused with "betty", "beaux", "beat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "beauty"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beauty" is /ˈbjuːti/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "beauty"?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonusder. Old Latin *duenelos Vulgar Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "beauty", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list