cadaver
/kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ)/
"cadaver" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cadaver” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,541. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,541
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cadaver · cadaver · English
cadaver · rank #41,541 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,541
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cabana
Nearest frequency peer: cabana (-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 “cadaver”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- bromide
bromide
58,463 corpus weight
- Brookline
Brookline
58,462 corpus weight
- cabana
cabana
58,461 corpus weight
- cadaver
cadaver
58,460 corpus weight
- caked
caked
58,459 corpus weight
- carnation
carnation
58,458 corpus weight
What this shows “cadaver” 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 | cadaver |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #41,541 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cadaver”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around cadaver (IPA /kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ)/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,541 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cadaver, with forms such as "acdaver", "caadver", and "cadaevr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "carver", "cleaver", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English cadaver, from Latin cadāver. The correct English form is cadaver, spelled C-A-D-A-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cadaver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He and his best friend saw a cadaver and ran screaming.
“Then my first year of med school, we got our first cadavers, and there was so much data inside. You can be sure a patient will lie about how much they drink or how much they smoke, but with a cadaver, all the information is there.”
Etymology
From Middle English cadaver, from Latin cadāver.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acdaver
- caadver
- cadaevr
- cadaverr
- cadavre
- cadavver
- caddaver
- cadvaer
- ccadaver
- cdaaver
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cadaver - 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
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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).