horoscope
/ˈhɒ.ɹə.skəʊp/
"horoscope" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“horoscope” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,414. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,414
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The position of the planets and stars at the moment of someone's birth; a diagram of such positions.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | horoscope |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɒ.ɹə.skəʊp/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #25,414 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “horoscope” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around horoscope (IPA /ˈhɒ.ɹə.skəʊp/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,414 among 23,837 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for horoscope, with forms such as "hhoroscope", "hoorscope", and "horocsope". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French horoscope, from Medieval Latin horoscopus, from Ancient Greek ὡροσκόπος (hōroskópos), from ὥρα (hṓra, “any limited time”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”). By surface analysis, horo- + -scope. The correct English form is horoscope, spelled H-O-R-O-S-C-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1The position of the planets and stars at the moment of someone's birth; a diagram of such positions.
- 2An astrological forecast of a person's future based on such information.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French horoscope, from Medieval Latin horoscopus, from Ancient Greek ὡροσκόπος (hōroskópos), from ὥρα (hṓra, “any limited time”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”). By surface analysis, horo- + -scope.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhoroscope
- hoorscope
- horocsope
- horosccope
- horoscoep
- horoscoppe
- horoscpoe
- horosocpe
- horosscope
- horroscope
- horsocope
- hrooscope
- ohroscope
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of horoscope - 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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Using “horoscope”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-O-R-O-S-C-O-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈhɒ.ɹə.skəʊp/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.