bridesmaid
/ˈbɹaɪdzˌmeɪd/
"bridesmaid" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bridesmaid” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,023. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,023
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bridesmaid · bridesmaid · English
bridesmaid · rank #26,023 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,023
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH brie
Nearest frequency peer: brie (+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 “bridesmaid”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bowels
bowels
73,982 corpus weight
- Boyce
Boyce
73,981 corpus weight
- braided
braided
73,980 corpus weight
- bridesmaid
bridesmaid
73,978 corpus weight
- brie
brie
73,977 corpus weight
- Burroughs
Burroughs
73,975 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “bridesmaid” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bridesmaid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɹaɪdzˌmeɪd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #26,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bridesmaid” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around bridesmaid (IPA /ˈbɹaɪdzˌmeɪd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,023 among 31,241 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for bridesmaid, with forms such as "bbridesmaid", "birdesmaid", and "brdiesmaid". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bride + -s- + maid. In the sports and entertainment sense: in reference to the saying always a bridesmaid, never a bride. The correct English form is bridesmaid, spelled B-R-I-D-E-S-M-A-I-D.
Definition
- 1A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.
- 2A person or team that perennially finishes well, but never first.
Etymology
From bride + -s- + maid. In the sports and entertainment sense: in reference to the saying always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbridesmaid
- birdesmaid
- brdiesmaid
- briddesmaid
- bridemsaid
- bridesamid
- bridesmadi
- bridesmaidd
- bridesmiad
- bridesmmaid
- bridessmaid
- bridsemaid
- briedsmaid
- brridesmaid
- rbidesmaid
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bridesmaid - 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.
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 "bridesmaid", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 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.