FTSE
/ˈfʊt.si/
"ftse" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“FTSE” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,851. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,851
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Financial Times and Stock Exchange.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ftse · FTSE · English
FTSE · rank #38,851 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,851
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fringed
Nearest frequency peer: fringed (-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 “FTSE”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- fortnightly
fortnightly
61,154 corpus weight
- freshest
freshest
61,152 corpus weight
- fringed
fringed
61,151 corpus weight
- FTSE
FTSE
61,150 corpus weight
- fulcrum
fulcrum
61,149 corpus weight
- Furman
Furman
61,147 corpus weight
What this shows “FTSE” 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 | FTSE |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈfʊt.si/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #38,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “FTSE”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around FTSE (IPA /ˈfʊt.si/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,851 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for FTSE, with forms such as "fftse", "fste", and "ftes". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "FTW", "fuse", "fuss", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: A joint venture between the Financial Times of London and the London Stock Exchange. The correct English form is FTSE, spelled F-T-S-E.
Definition
- 1Financial Times and Stock Exchange.
- 2The main stock market index code for the British stock market.
- 3The FTSE 100 Index.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how FTSE appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“It’s hard to believe that as recently as 2011, 43% of the FTSE 350 [index] still had all-male boards,” Mary O’Connor, acting senior partner at KPMG UK, said in a statement.
Etymology
A joint venture between the Financial Times of London and the London Stock Exchange.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fftse
- fste
- ftes
- ftsse
- fttse
- tfse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of FTSE - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "FTSE", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).