Fedor
"fedor" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Fedor” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,624. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,624
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A transliteration of the Belarusian or Russian male given name Фёдор (Fjodor).
Corpus desk
Index EN-fedor · Fedor · English
Fedor · rank #47,624 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,624
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fibula
Nearest frequency peer: fibula (+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 “Fedor”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- faro
faro
52,381 corpus weight
- fastener
fastener
52,379 corpus weight
- Fedor
Fedor
52,377 corpus weight
- fibula
fibula
52,376 corpus weight
- fidget
fidget
52,375 corpus weight
- flexion
flexion
52,373 corpus weight
What this shows “Fedor” 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 | Fedor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #47,624 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Fedor”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Fedor, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,624 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A transliteration of the Belarusian or Russian male given name Фёдор (Fjodor).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fedor, with forms such as "efdor", "fdeor", and "feddor". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "for", "fer", "feds", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós Ancient Greek θεός (theós) Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *dóh₃r̥ Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-I… The correct English form is Fedor, spelled F-E-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1A transliteration of the Belarusian or Russian male given name Фёдор (Fjodor).
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós Ancient Greek θεός (theós) Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *dóh₃r̥ Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom Proto-Hellenic *dṓron Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron) Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros)lbor. Old Church Slavonic Ѳеодоръ (Θeodorŭ)bor. Russian Фёдор (Fjódor)translit. English Fedor Transliteration of Russian Фёдор (Fjódor).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efdor
- fdeor
- feddor
- fedorr
- fedro
- feodr
- ffedor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fedor - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).