buildup
/ˈbɪldʌp/
"buildup" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“buildup” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,779. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,779
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.
Corpus desk
Index EN-buildup · buildup · English
buildup · rank #17,779 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,779
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH brokerage
Nearest frequency peer: brokerage (-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 “buildup”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- brides
brides
82,225 corpus weight
- brochure
brochure
82,224 corpus weight
- brokerage
brokerage
82,223 corpus weight
- buildup
buildup
82,222 corpus weight
- butch
butch
82,221 corpus weight
- Carly
Carly
82,219 corpus weight
What this shows “buildup” 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 | buildup |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɪldʌp/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “buildup”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around buildup (IPA /ˈbɪldʌp/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,779 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for buildup, with forms such as "bbuildup", "biuldup", and "buidlup". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "build", "builds", "builder", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from build up. The correct English form is buildup, spelled B-U-I-L-D-U-P.
Definition
- 1An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.
- 2The construction of a composite core to repair a damaged tooth.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how buildup appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Snow buildup on roads makes for hazardous driving.
There was a buildup of pressure in the boiler.
Etymology
Deverbal from build up.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbuildup
- biuldup
- buidlup
- builddup
- buildpu
- buildupp
- builldup
- builudp
- bulidup
- ubildup
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of buildup - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "buildup", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (10 here; floor ≥5).