biathlon
/baɪˈæθlən/
"biathlon" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“biathlon” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,547. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,547
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.
Corpus desk
Index EN-biathlon · biathlon · English
biathlon · rank #42,547 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,547
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH Berliner
Nearest frequency peer: Berliner (-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 “biathlon”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Beresford
Beresford
57,456 corpus weight
- Berliner
Berliner
57,455 corpus weight
- biathlon
biathlon
57,454 corpus weight
- Bir
Bir
57,453 corpus weight
- blocs
blocs
57,452 corpus weight
- BMP
BMP
57,451 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “biathlon” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | biathlon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /baɪˈæθlən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #42,547 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “biathlon” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around biathlon (IPA /baɪˈæθlən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,547 among 31,241 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for biathlon, with forms such as "baithlon", "bbiathlon", and "biahtlon". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: PIE word *dwóh₁ From bi- (prefix meaning ‘two; both’) + -athlon (suffix meaning ‘contest’), modelled after pentathlon. The correct English form is biathlon, spelled B-I-A-T-H-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.
Etymology
PIE word *dwóh₁ From bi- (prefix meaning ‘two; both’) + -athlon (suffix meaning ‘contest’), modelled after pentathlon.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- baithlon
- bbiathlon
- biahtlon
- biathhlon
- biathllon
- biathlno
- biathlonn
- biatholn
- biatlhon
- biatthlon
- bitahlon
- ibathlon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of biathlon - 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 May 6, 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 "biathlon", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 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.