broadcast
/ˈbɹɔːdkɑːst/
"broadcast" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“broadcast” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,673. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,673
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad.
Corpus desk
Index EN-broadcast · broadcast · English
broadcast · rank #3,673 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,673
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bother
Nearest frequency peer: bother (-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 “broadcast”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Atlantic
Atlantic
96,331 corpus weight
- bench
bench
96,330 corpus weight
- bother
bother
96,329 corpus weight
- broadcast
broadcast
96,328 corpus weight
- bye
bye
96,327 corpus weight
- Cambridge
Cambridge
96,326 corpus weight
What this shows “broadcast” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | broadcast |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbɹɔːdkɑːst/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #3,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “broadcast”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around broadcast (IPA /ˈbɹɔːdkɑːst/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,673 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for broadcast, with forms such as "bbroadcast", "boradcast", and "braodcast". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "broadest", "broadcaster", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English … The correct English form is broadcast, spelled B-R-O-A-D-C-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad.
- 2Communicated, signalled, or transmitted to many people, through radio waves or electronic means.
- 3Relating to transmissions of messages or signals to many people through radio waves or electronic means.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how broadcast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The seed was broadcast, not drilled.
And ſuch a double Sowing is of the greateſt Importance; for on the thick Growth of a Crop very much depends on the Bigneſs of it at Harveſt, becauſe, by ſuch a thick Growth, the Weeds are overcome and kept down from hurting the Oats; and, likewiſe, the Heats and Droughts kept the better out from parching up the Roots of the Oats, which, in too thin a Crop…
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast From broad + cast. First attested in the mid 18th century, in the agricultural use of spreading seeds.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbroadcast
- boradcast
- braodcast
- broacdast
- broadacst
- broadcasst
- broadcastt
- broadcats
- broadccast
- broadcsat
- broaddcast
- brodacast
- brroadcast
- rboadcast
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of broadcast - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "broadcast", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).