eulogy
/ˈjuː.lə.d͡ʒi/
"eulogy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eulogy” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,197. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,197
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
Corpus desk
Index EN-eulogy · eulogy · English
eulogy · rank #28,197 · 8 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,197
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH eventful
Nearest frequency peer: eventful (+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 “eulogy”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- erotica
erotica
71,808 corpus weight
- ERP
ERP
71,807 corpus weight
- escalator
escalator
71,806 corpus weight
- eulogy
eulogy
71,804 corpus weight
- eventful
eventful
71,803 corpus weight
- excitation
excitation
71,802 corpus weight
What this shows “eulogy” 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 | eulogy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈjuː.lə.d͡ʒi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #28,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “eulogy”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around eulogy (IPA /ˈjuː.lə.d͡ʒi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,197 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for eulogy, with forms such as "eluogy", "eulgoy", and "eullogy". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "elegy", "ecology", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English wloge (“commendation of the virtues of a deceased person”), from Latin eulogium, apparently from a confusion between ēlogium (whence English elogium, elogy) and eulogia (from Ancient Greek εὐλογία (eulogía, “praise”), whence English eulo… The correct English form is eulogy, spelled E-U-L-O-G-Y.
Definition
- 1An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
- 2Speaking highly of someone or something; the act of praising or commending someone or something.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eulogy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was the prettiest and most luxurious little sitting-room I had ever seen; and I admired it with the warmest enthusiasm. The solemn servant was far too highly trained to betray the slightest satisfaction. He bowed with icy deference when my terms of eulogy were all exhausted, and silently opened the door for me to go out into the passage again.
The Southampton striker, who also struck a post late on, was being serenaded by the Wembley crowd before the end and should probably brace himself for some Lambert-mania over the coming days but, amid the eulogies, it should not overlook the deficiencies that were evident in another stodgy England performance.
Etymology
From Middle English wloge (“commendation of the virtues of a deceased person”), from Latin eulogium, apparently from a confusion between ēlogium (whence English elogium, elogy) and eulogia (from Ancient Greek εὐλογία (eulogía, “praise”), whence English eulogia); equivalent to eu- + logia ("good words"). Doublet of eulogium.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eluogy
- eulgoy
- eullogy
- euloggy
- eulogyy
- euloyg
- euolgy
- uelogy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eulogy - 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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Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).