Edith
/ˈidɪθ/
"edith" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Edith” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,508. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,508
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Old English.
Corpus desk
Index EN-edith · Edith · English
Edith · rank #13,508 · 7 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,508
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Edison
Nearest frequency peer: Edison (-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 “Edith”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- dungeon
dungeon
86,497 corpus weight
- dwell
dwell
86,496 corpus weight
- Edison
Edison
86,494 corpus weight
- Edith
Edith
86,493 corpus weight
- entrepreneu…
entrepreneurship
86,491 corpus weight
- EPS
EPS
86,490 corpus weight
What this shows “Edith” 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 | Edith |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈidɪθ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,508 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Edith”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Edith (IPA /ˈidɪθ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,508 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Edith, with forms such as "deith", "eddith", and "ediht". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "EDT", "eth", "exit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Old English Ēadġȳþ, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) + *gunþiz (“battle”). Name of a 10th century English saint. The correct English form is Edith, spelled E-D-I-T-H.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Old English.
- 2A locality in the Oberon council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Edith appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Edith's pretty, but it looks / Better in old English books.
But suppose she had had an elder sister with a beautiful name like Edith. My conviction was deep and immovable that had I been named something really pretty like that, I would have found it easy to sew neatly and know my lessons.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English Ēadġȳþ, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) + *gunþiz (“battle”). Name of a 10th century English saint.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- deith
- eddith
- ediht
- edithh
- editth
- edtih
- eidth
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Edith - 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 "Edith", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).