config
/ˌkənˈfɪɡ/
"config" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“config” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,484. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,484
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Configuration.
Corpus desk
Index EN-config · config · English
config · rank #31,484 · 9 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,484
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH confidant
Nearest frequency peer: confidant (-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 “config”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- combed
combed
68,520 corpus weight
- confidant
confidant
68,518 corpus weight
- config
config
68,517 corpus weight
- confiscate
confiscate
68,516 corpus weight
- consecutive…
consecutively
68,515 corpus weight
- controllable
controllable
68,514 corpus weight
What this shows “config” 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 | config |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkənˈfɪɡ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #31,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “config”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around config (IPA /ˌkənˈfɪɡ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,484 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Configuration.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for config, with forms such as "cconfig", "cnofig", and "cofnig". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Cong", "Connie", "confirm", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Shortening. The correct English form is config, spelled C-O-N-F-I-G.
Definition
- 1Configuration.
Etymology
Shortening.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconfig
- cnofig
- cofnig
- conffig
- confgi
- configg
- conifg
- connfig
- ocnfig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of config - 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 "config", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).