fortunate
/ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/
"fortunate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fortunate” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,446. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,446
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Auspicious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fortunate · fortunate · English
fortunate · rank #7,446 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,446
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH flooding
Nearest frequency peer: flooding (-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 “fortunate”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- exceptions
exceptions
92,558 corpus weight
- explosive
explosive
92,557 corpus weight
- flooding
flooding
92,556 corpus weight
- fortunate
fortunate
92,555 corpus weight
- fortunately
fortunately
92,554 corpus weight
- foundations
foundations
92,553 corpus weight
What this shows “fortunate” 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 | fortunate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,446 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “fortunate”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around fortunate (IPA /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,446 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for fortunate, with forms such as "ffortunate", "forrtunate", and "fortnuate". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "fortune", "fortunately", "fortnite", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English fortunat(e) (“fortunate”), from Latin fortūnātus, from fortūna (“fortune, luck”) + -ātus (adjective-forming suffix), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also Middle English fortunaten (“to assure the success (of), make fortunate”); … The correct English form is fortunate, spelled F-O-R-T-U-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Auspicious.
- 2Happening by good luck or favorable chance.
- 3Favored by fortune.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fortunate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is a fortunate sign if the sun shines on a newly wedded couple.
if it sits still, with its breast towards them, till they have passed, they consider it as a fortunate sign, and everything is expected to go on well during the remainder of their journey
Etymology
From Middle English fortunat(e) (“fortunate”), from Latin fortūnātus, from fortūna (“fortune, luck”) + -ātus (adjective-forming suffix), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also Middle English fortunaten (“to assure the success (of), make fortunate”); cognate with French fortuné (“lucky”). By surface analysis, fortune + -ate.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffortunate
- forrtunate
- fortnuate
- forttunate
- fortuante
- fortunaet
- fortunatte
- fortunnate
- fortuntae
- forutnate
- fotrunate
- frotunate
- ofrtunate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fortunate - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).