Edwin
/ˈɛdwɪn/
"edwin" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Edwin” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,040. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,040
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Old English.
Corpus desk
Index EN-edwin · Edwin · English
Edwin · rank #12,040 · 7 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,040
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH duel
Nearest frequency peer: duel (-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 “Edwin”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- drastically
drastically
87,964 corpus weight
- driveway
driveway
87,963 corpus weight
- duel
duel
87,962 corpus weight
- Edwin
Edwin
87,961 corpus weight
- elf
elf
87,960 corpus weight
- EV
EV
87,959 corpus weight
What this shows “Edwin” 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 | Edwin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛdwɪn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #12,040 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Edwin”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Edwin (IPA /ˈɛdwɪn/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,040 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Edwin, with forms such as "dewin", "eddwin", and "ediwn". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Erin", "Ewan", "Emin", 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 Ēadwine, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawini, from Proto-Germanic *Audawiniz. Akin to Old Norse Auðun, Icelandic Auðunn, German Otwin, Norwegian Audun, and the Lombard king's name Audoin (French Ouen). The correct English form is Edwin, spelled E-D-W-I-N.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Old English.
- 2Edwin of Northumbria.
- 3A surname.
- 4An unincorporated community in Henry County, Alabama, United States.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Edwin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aside from a ticket for driving without a license, for which he paid a fine, Walter Valladares had no criminal record, his brother Edwin Valladares told CNN.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English Ēadwine, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawini, from Proto-Germanic *Audawiniz. Akin to Old Norse Auðun, Icelandic Auðunn, German Otwin, Norwegian Audun, and the Lombard king's name Audoin (French Ouen).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dewin
- eddwin
- ediwn
- edwinn
- edwni
- edwwin
- ewdin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Edwin - 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
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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).