commonplace
/ˈkɑmənˌpleɪs/
"commonplace" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“commonplace” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,867. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,867
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.
Corpus desk
Index EN-commonplace · commonplace · English
commonplace · rank #16,867 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,867
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH collegiate
Nearest frequency peer: collegiate (-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 “commonplace”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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clubhouse
83,137 corpus weight
- coarse
coarse
83,136 corpus weight
- collegiate
collegiate
83,135 corpus weight
- commonplace
commonplace
83,134 corpus weight
- compute
compute
83,133 corpus weight
- Conan
Conan
83,132 corpus weight
What this shows “commonplace” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | commonplace |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɑmənˌpleɪs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #16,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “commonplace”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around commonplace (IPA /ˈkɑmənˌpleɪs/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,867 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for commonplace, with forms such as "ccommonplace", "cmomonplace", and "commnoplace". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: A calque of Latin locus commūnis, referring to a generally applicable literary passage, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κοινὸς τόπος (koinòs tópos). The correct English form is commonplace, spelled C-O-M-M-O-N-P-L-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how commonplace appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"This Mr. Tyrrel," she said, in a tone of authoritative decision, "seems after all a very ordinary sort of person, quite a commonplace man."
In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts,[…], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.
Etymology
A calque of Latin locus commūnis, referring to a generally applicable literary passage, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κοινὸς τόπος (koinòs tópos).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccommonplace
- cmomonplace
- commnoplace
- commonlpace
- commonnplace
- commonpalce
- commonplacce
- commonplaec
- commonplcae
- commonpllace
- commonpplace
- commopnlace
- comomnplace
- comonplace
- ocmmonplace
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commonplace - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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