Fiona
/fiˈoʊnə/
"fiona" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Fiona” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,421. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,421
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, in regular use since the 20th century, first in Scotland, then in England.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fiona · Fiona · English
Fiona · rank #12,421 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,421
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fiat
Nearest frequency peer: fiat (-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 “Fiona”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- evenings
evenings
87,583 corpus weight
- fax
fax
87,582 corpus weight
- fiat
fiat
87,581 corpus weight
- Fiona
Fiona
87,580 corpus weight
- flick
flick
87,578 corpus weight
- fowler
fowler
87,577 corpus weight
What this shows “Fiona” 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 | Fiona |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /fiˈoʊnə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #12,421 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Fiona”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Fiona (IPA /fiˈoʊnə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #12,421 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fiona, with forms such as "ffiona", "finoa", and "fioan". 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, "fond", "font", "fong", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Irish fionn (“fair, white”). In use before 1713. Popularized by James Macpherson (see 1765 quotation), and perhaps by the 19th-century Scottish writer William Sharp, who chose “Fiona Macleod” as his pen name. * (Sara Duterte): After the fictional chara… The correct English form is Fiona, spelled F-I-O-N-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, in regular use since the 20th century, first in Scotland, then in England.
- 2Sara Duterte, 15ᵗʰ vice president of the Philippines.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Fiona appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Let the sighs of Fiona rise on the dark heaths of her lovely Ardan.
Etymology
From Irish fionn (“fair, white”). In use before 1713. Popularized by James Macpherson (see 1765 quotation), and perhaps by the 19th-century Scottish writer William Sharp, who chose “Fiona Macleod” as his pen name. * (Sara Duterte): After the fictional character Princess Fiona.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffiona
- finoa
- fioan
- fionna
- foina
- ifona
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fiona - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Fiona", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (6 here; floor ≥5).