dweller
/ˈdwɛlə/
"dweller" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dweller” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,374. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,374
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dweller · dweller · English
dweller · rank #38,374 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,374
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Durbin
Nearest frequency peer: Durbin (-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 “dweller”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- driest
driest
61,631 corpus weight
- dubbing
dubbing
61,630 corpus weight
- Dubuque
Dubuque
61,629 corpus weight
- Durbin
Durbin
61,628 corpus weight
- dweller
dweller
61,627 corpus weight
- dynastic
dynastic
61,626 corpus weight
What this shows “dweller” 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 | dweller |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdwɛlə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #38,374 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “dweller”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around dweller (IPA /ˈdwɛlə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,374 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for dweller, with forms such as "ddweller", "dewller", and "dwelelr". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "dwells", "dwell", "Delle", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwel-der. Proto-Germanic *dwalaz Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną Proto-West Germanic *dwalljan Old English dwellan ▲ Old Norse dveljainflu. Middle English dwellen Middle English … The correct English form is dweller, spelled D-W-E-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1An inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dweller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The new couple are apartment dwellers.
[T]he craggineſſe and ſteepineſſe of places up and dovvn is a great advantage to the dvvellers, and makes them inacceſſible, for they ſerve as Fortreſſes erected by Nature her ſelfe, to protect them from all incurſions: […]
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwel-der. Proto-Germanic *dwalaz Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną Proto-West Germanic *dwalljan Old English dwellan ▲ Old Norse dveljainflu. Middle English dwellen Middle English -ere Middle English dweller English dweller From Middle English dweller, equivalent to dwell + -er.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddweller
- dewller
- dwelelr
- dweler
- dwellerr
- dwellre
- dwleler
- dwweller
- wdeller
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dweller - 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 "dweller", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).