eligible
/ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/
"eligible" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eligible” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,372. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,372
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
Corpus desk
Index EN-eligible · eligible · English
eligible · rank #4,372 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,372
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH educated
Nearest frequency peer: educated (-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 “eligible”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- distinct
distinct
95,632 corpus weight
- drag
drag
95,631 corpus weight
- educated
educated
95,630 corpus weight
- eligible
eligible
95,629 corpus weight
- estimate
estimate
95,628 corpus weight
- execution
execution
95,627 corpus weight
What this shows “eligible” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eligible |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “eligible”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around eligible (IPA /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,372 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 eligible, with forms such as "eilgible", "elgiible", and "eligable". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ēligō (“select, choose”). The correct English form is eligible, spelled E-L-I-G-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
- 2Worthy of being chosen (for marriage).
Etymology
From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ēligō (“select, choose”).
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eilgible
- elgiible
- eligable
- eligbile
- eliggible
- eligibble
- eligibel
- eligiblle
- eligilbe
- eliigble
- elligible
- leigible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eligible - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "eligible", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).