endorse
/ɪnˈdɔːs/
"endorse" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“endorse” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,416. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,416
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-endorse · endorse · English
endorse · rank #12,416 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,416
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Emerson
Nearest frequency peer: Emerson (-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 “endorse”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Edmund
Edmund
87,588 corpus weight
- Ella
Ella
87,587 corpus weight
- Emerson
Emerson
87,586 corpus weight
- endorse
endorse
87,585 corpus weight
- enhancement
enhancement
87,584 corpus weight
- evenings
evenings
87,583 corpus weight
What this shows “endorse” 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 | endorse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪnˈdɔːs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “endorse”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around endorse (IPA /ɪnˈdɔːs/), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,416 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for endorse, with forms such as "ednorse", "enddorse", and "endores". 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. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "endure", "enforce", "encore", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Alteration influenced by Medieval Latin indorsare of Middle English endosse, from Old French endosser (“to put on the back”), from Latin dossum, alternative form of dorsum (“back”), from which also dorsal (“of the back”). That is, the ‘r’ was dropped in Lat… The correct English form is endorse, spelled E-N-D-O-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
- 2To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.
- 3To add penalty points to one's driving licence as a result of a road traffic offence.
- 4To report (a symptom); to describe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how endorse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The president endorsed John Smith as senator.
The court endorsed his driving record with three penalty points for the drink-driving.
Etymology
Alteration influenced by Medieval Latin indorsare of Middle English endosse, from Old French endosser (“to put on the back”), from Latin dossum, alternative form of dorsum (“back”), from which also dorsal (“of the back”). That is, the ‘r’ was dropped in Latin dossum, which developed into Old French and then Middle English endosse, and then the ‘r’ was re-introduced into English via the Medieval Latin indorsare, which had retained the ‘r’. Note that the alternative spelling indorse also uses the initial ‘i’ from Latin (in-, rather than en-), but this form is now rare.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ednorse
- enddorse
- endores
- endorrse
- endorsse
- endosre
- endrose
- enndorse
- enodrse
- nedorse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of endorse - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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