catalog
"catalog" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“catalog” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,125. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,125
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of catalogue.
Corpus desk
Index EN-catalog · catalog · English
catalog · rank #8,125 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,125
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Carson
Nearest frequency peer: Carson (-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 “catalog”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- batch
batch
91,879 corpus weight
- borrowed
borrowed
91,878 corpus weight
- Carson
Carson
91,877 corpus weight
- catalog
catalog
91,876 corpus weight
- catalogue
catalogue
91,875 corpus weight
- charitable
charitable
91,874 corpus weight
What this shows “catalog” 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 | catalog |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “catalog”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around catalog, averb. Corpus frequency is #8,125 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative spelling of catalogue.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for catalog, with forms such as "actalog", "caatlog", and "catalgo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "catalogue", "Catalan", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is catalog, spelled C-A-T-A-L-O-G.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of catalogue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how catalog appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And the exclusions are a statement about life itself: the words that were left out haven’t been co-opted; by not yet being cataloged, they still belong to us.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- actalog
- caatlog
- catalgo
- catallog
- catalogg
- cataolg
- catlaog
- cattalog
- ccatalog
- ctaalog
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of catalog - 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 "catalog", 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).