cultivar
/ˈkʌltɪvɑɹ/
"cultivar" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cultivar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,719
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cultivar · cultivar · English
cultivar · rank #44,719 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #44,719
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH CSL
Nearest frequency peer: CSL (-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 “cultivar”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- cranium
cranium
55,285 corpus weight
- crystalliza…
crystallization
55,284 corpus weight
- CSL
CSL
55,283 corpus weight
- cultivar
cultivar
55,282 corpus weight
- Curtiss
Curtiss
55,281 corpus weight
- dachshund
dachshund
55,280 corpus weight
What this shows “cultivar” 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 | cultivar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkʌltɪvɑɹ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #44,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cultivar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around cultivar (IPA /ˈkʌltɪvɑɹ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,719 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cultivar, with forms such as "ccultivar", "clutivar", and "culitvar". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cultivate", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of cultivated + variety or cultigen + variety. Coined by American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1923. The correct English form is cultivar, spelled C-U-L-T-I-V-A-R.
Definition
- 1A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species.
Etymology
Blend of cultivated + variety or cultigen + variety. Coined by American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1923.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccultivar
- clutivar
- culitvar
- culltivar
- cultiavr
- cultivarr
- cultivra
- cultivvar
- culttivar
- cultviar
- cutlivar
- ucltivar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cultivar - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cultivar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).