February
/ˈfɛb.ɹʊ.ə.ɹi/
"february" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“February” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #990. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #990
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days.
Corpus desk
Index EN-february · February · English
February · rank #990 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #990
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fans
Nearest frequency peer: fans (-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 “February”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- culture
culture
99,014 corpus weight
- fans
fans
99,012 corpus weight
- February
February
99,011 corpus weight
- gives
gives
99,010 corpus weight
- growth
growth
99,009 corpus weight
- included
included
99,008 corpus weight
What this shows “February” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | February |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɛb.ɹʊ.ə.ɹi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “February”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around February (IPA /ˈfɛb.ɹʊ.ə.ɹi/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #990 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for February, with forms such as "efbruary", "fberuary", and "febbruary". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-der. Latin februum Latin Februa Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -arius Latin Februāriusder. Middle English Februarie English February From Middle English Februarie, februari, februare, from… The correct English form is February, spelled F-E-B-R-U-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days.
- 2A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how February appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Holonyms: calendar year; year
Susan was born on February 29.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-der. Latin februum Latin Februa Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -arius Latin Februāriusder. Middle English Februarie English February From Middle English Februarie, februari, februare, from Latin Februārius (“the month of the Februa”), from Februa (“the Purgings, the Purifications”), a Roman holiday two days after its ides (i.e., Feb. 15), + -arius (“-ary: forming adjectives”). Februa from februum (“purging”), from an earlier Sabine [Term?] word, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”) and thus cognate with thio- (“sulfurous”) and Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon, “sulfur”) or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”) and thus cognate with fever and febris. A relatinization abandoning Middle English feoverel, from Old French feverier, which itself displaced Old English solmōnaþ (“mud month”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efbruary
- fberuary
- febbruary
- febraury
- febrruary
- februarry
- februaryy
- februayr
- februray
- feburary
- ferbuary
- ffebruary
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of February - 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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