deadliest

adj

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"deadliest" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“deadliest” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,305. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,305
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - superlative form of deadly: most deadly

Corpus desk

Index EN-deadliest · deadliest · English

deadliest · rank #19,305 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,305
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH cursing

Nearest frequency peer: cursing (-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 “deadliest”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “deadliest” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for deadliest
PropertyValue
Headworddeadliest
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#19,305
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “deadliest”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).deadliestlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “cursing” (#19,304), “degraded” (#19,306), “crease” (#19,303). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “deadliest” is #19,305. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around deadliest, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,305 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for deadliest, with forms such as "daedliest", "ddeadliest", and "deaddliest". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is deadliest, spelled D-E-A-D-L-I-E-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    superlative form of deadly: most deadly
  2. 2
    superlative form of deadly: most deadly

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how deadliest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. It was the deadliest plane crash since 1988.
  2. The black mamba is one of the deadliest snakes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • daedliest
  • ddeadliest
  • deaddliest
  • deadilest
  • deadleist
  • deadliesst
  • deadliestt
  • deadliets
  • deadliset
  • deadlliest
  • dealdiest
  • dedaliest
  • edadliest

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deadliest - 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.

daedliest2ddeadliest1deaddliest1deadilest2deadleist2deadliesst1deadliestt1deadliets2
Edit distance from "deadliest"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "deadliest"?
"deadliest" is spelled D-E-A-D-L-I-E-S-T.
What does "deadliest" mean?
As an adjective, "deadliest" means: superlative form of deadly: most deadly
What are common misspellings of "deadliest"?
Common misspellings include "daedliest", "ddeadliest", "deaddliest", "deadilest", "deadleist". The correct spelling is "deadliest".
What language does "deadliest" come from?
"deadliest" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "deadliest", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

digestion#19,312engraving#19,326extremism#19,330Fairfield#19,331

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

delights13 variantsBlackwell13 variantsfracking13 variantswakefield13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list