Ishida
"ishida" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ishida” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #49,433 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #49,433
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Japanese.
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 | Ishida |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ishida” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Ishida is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #49,433 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A surname from Japanese.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ishida, with forms such as "ihsida", "ishdia", and "ishhida". 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, "isha", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 石田 (Ishida). The correct English form is Ishida, spelled I-S-H-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Japanese.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 石田 (Ishida).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ihsida,ishdia,ishhida,ishiad,ishidda,isihda,isshida,sihida
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ishida - 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 “Ishida”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-S-H-I-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “isha” - see the side-by-side comparison. Ishida vs isha
- 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.