columbine
/ˈkɒləmˌbaɪn/
"columbine" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“columbine” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,328. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,328
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-columbine · columbine · English
columbine · rank #32,328 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,328
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH clove
Nearest frequency peer: clove (-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 “columbine”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- clashing
clashing
67,677 corpus weight
- clenched
clenched
67,676 corpus weight
- clogging
clogging
67,675 corpus weight
- clove
clove
67,674 corpus weight
- columbine
columbine
67,673 corpus weight
- comte
comte
67,671 corpus weight
What this shows “columbine” 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 | columbine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒləmˌbaɪn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “columbine”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around columbine (IPA /ˈkɒləmˌbaɪn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,328 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for columbine, with forms such as "ccolumbine", "cloumbine", and "collumbine". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "combine", "Columbia", "Columbian", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Latin colombina herba (“dove-like plant”), the flower being likened to five clustered pigeons. The correct English form is columbine, spelled C-O-L-U-M-B-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
Etymology
From the Latin colombina herba (“dove-like plant”), the flower being likened to five clustered pigeons.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccolumbine
- cloumbine
- collumbine
- colmubine
- colubmine
- columbbine
- columbien
- columbinne
- columbnie
- columibne
- colummbine
- coulmbine
- oclumbine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of columbine - 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 "columbine", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).