egregious
/ɪˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒəs/
"egregious" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“egregious” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,369. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,369
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
Corpus desk
Index EN-egregious · egregious · English
egregious · rank #25,369 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,369
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH egos
Nearest frequency peer: egos (-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 “egregious”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- dusting
dusting
74,636 corpus weight
- edict
edict
74,635 corpus weight
- egos
egos
74,633 corpus weight
- egregious
egregious
74,632 corpus weight
- elasticity
elasticity
74,630 corpus weight
- elicit
elicit
74,629 corpus weight
What this shows “egregious” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | egregious |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #25,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “egregious”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around egregious (IPA /ɪˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒəs/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,369 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for egregious, with forms such as "egergious", "eggregious", and "egreggious". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin ēgregius, from e- (“out of”), + grex (“flock”), + English adjective suffix -ous, from Latin suffix -osus (“full of”); reflecting the positive connotations of "standing out from the flock". The correct English form is egregious, spelled E-G-R-E-G-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
- 2Outrageously bad; shocking.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how egregious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
16th century, Christopher Marlowe, Ignoto, I cannot cross my arms, or sigh "Ah me," / "Ah me forlorn!" egregious foppery! / I cannot buss thy fill, play with thy hair, / Swearing by Jove, "Thou art most debonnaire!"
Etymology
From Latin ēgregius, from e- (“out of”), + grex (“flock”), + English adjective suffix -ous, from Latin suffix -osus (“full of”); reflecting the positive connotations of "standing out from the flock".
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egergious
- eggregious
- egreggious
- egregiosu
- egregiouss
- egregiuos
- egregoius
- egreigous
- egrgeious
- egrregious
- ergegious
- geregious
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of egregious - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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