Idaho
/ˈaɪdəhəʊ/
"idaho" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Idaho” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,158. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,158
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A state in the western United States. Capital and largest city: Boise.
Corpus desk
Index EN-idaho · Idaho · English
Idaho · rank #8,158 · 6 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,158
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Hungary
Nearest frequency peer: Hungary (-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 “Idaho”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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hometown
91,846 corpus weight
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humanitarian
91,845 corpus weight
- Hungary
Hungary
91,844 corpus weight
- Idaho
Idaho
91,843 corpus weight
- immunity
immunity
91,842 corpus weight
- implementing
implementing
91,841 corpus weight
What this shows “Idaho” 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 | Idaho |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈaɪdəhəʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,158 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Idaho”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Idaho (IPA /ˈaɪdəhəʊ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,158 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Idaho, with forms such as "diaho", "iadho", and "idahho". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "IMHO", "Ida", "ICAO", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Uncertain; possibly from Plains Apache ídaahȩ́ (“Comanche”), though the Oxford English Dictionary states that the development of the state’s name from that word remains undocumented. The name Idaho was said to have been considered around 1860 for what was e… The correct English form is Idaho, spelled I-D-A-H-O.
Definition
- 1A state in the western United States. Capital and largest city: Boise.
- 2An unincorporated community in Pike County, Ohio, United States, named for Idaho Territory.
- 3University of Idaho
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Idaho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oregon’s uptick in marijuana sales along the Idaho border doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s all Idahoans who are lighting up, Lehner said.
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from Plains Apache ídaahȩ́ (“Comanche”), though the Oxford English Dictionary states that the development of the state’s name from that word remains undocumented. The name Idaho was said to have been considered around 1860 for what was eventually called the Colorado Territory (now the state of Colorado) in 1861, and in 1863 was given to Idaho County (now part of Idaho); the county was named after a steamship launched on the Columbia River in 1860. The eccentric political lobbyist George Maurice Willing, Jr. (c. 1829 – 1874) claimed to have coined the name after a girl named Ida, though saying it was a Shoshoni term meaning “gem of the mountains” (no such term exists), but evidence suggests that there was use of the name in Colorado pre-dating Willing’s arrival in the West in 1859. The common noun (“type of potato”) is derived from the name of the state.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- diaho
- iadho
- idahho
- idaoh
- iddaho
- idhao
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Idaho - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).