fullest
/ˈfʊləst/
"fullest" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fullest” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #15,413 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #15,413
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - superlative form of full: most full.
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 | fullest |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfʊləst/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #15,413 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fullest” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for fullest is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfʊləst/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,413 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "superlative form of full: most full.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fullest, with forms such as "ffullest", "flulest", and "fulelst". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "fullness", "fuller", "fillet", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is fullest, spelled F-U-L-L-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1superlative form of full: most full.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffullest,flulest,fulelst,fulest,fullesst,fullestt,fullets,fullset,ufllest
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fullest - 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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Using “fullest”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-U-L-L-E-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfʊləst/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fullness” - see the side-by-side comparison. fullest vs fullness
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.