funniest
/ˈfʌni.ɪst/
"funniest" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“funniest” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,155. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,155
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - superlative form of funny: most funny
Corpus desk
Index EN-funniest · funniest · English
funniest · rank #13,155 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #13,155
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,613
- PHOTO-FINISH fundraiser
Nearest frequency peer: fundraiser (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “funniest”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- FLA
FLA
86,850 corpus weight
- fluffy
fluffy
86,849 corpus weight
- fundamentals
fundamentals
86,848 corpus weight
- fundraiser
fundraiser
86,847 corpus weight
- funniest
funniest
86,846 corpus weight
- gaga
gaga
86,843 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “funniest” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | funniest |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfʌni.ɪst/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “funniest” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around funniest (IPA /ˈfʌni.ɪst/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,155 among 18,613 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "superlative form of funny: most funny".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for funniest, with forms such as "ffunniest", "fnuniest", and "funiest". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "funnier", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is funniest, spelled F-U-N-N-I-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1superlative form of funny: most funny
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how funniest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Set against the background of the American civil war, with Keaton a cunning but unskilled driver, unaided, of the ponderous giant of a locomotive, it remains not only probably the funniest film about railways ever made, but one of the funniest silent films to retain its comic power over today's more sophisticated audiences.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffunniest
- fnuniest
- funiest
- funinest
- funneist
- funniesst
- funniestt
- funniets
- funniset
- ufnniest
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of funniest - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "funniest", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
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.