gerrymandering
/ˈdʒɛ.ɹiˌmæn.də.ɹɪŋ/
"gerrymandering" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gerrymandering” has 21 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,825. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,825
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The practice of redrawing electoral districts to gain an electoral advantage for a political party.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gerrymandering |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdʒɛ.ɹiˌmæn.də.ɹɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #39,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gerrymandering” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around gerrymandering (IPA /ˈdʒɛ.ɹiˌmæn.də.ɹɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,825 among 18,276 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The practice of redrawing electoral districts to gain an electoral advantage for a political party.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for gerrymandering, with forms such as "egrrymandering", "gerrmyandering", and "gerryamndering". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From gerrymander + -ing. The correct English form is gerrymandering, spelled G-E-R-R-Y-M-A-N-D-E-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The practice of redrawing electoral districts to gain an electoral advantage for a political party.
Etymology
From gerrymander + -ing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egrrymandering
- gerrmyandering
- gerryamndering
- gerrymadnering
- gerrymanddering
- gerrymandeirng
- gerrymanderign
- gerrymanderingg
- gerrymanderinng
- gerrymandernig
- gerrymanderring
- gerrymandreing
- gerrymanedring
- gerrymanndering
- gerrymmandering
- gerrymnadering
- gerryymandering
- gerymandering
- geryrmandering
- ggerrymandering
- grerymandering
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gerrymandering - 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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Using “gerrymandering”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-E-R-R-Y-M-A-N-D-E-R-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdʒɛ.ɹiˌmæn.də.ɹɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.