Jeremy
/ˈd͡ʒɛɹ.ɪ.mi/
"jeremy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Jeremy” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,605. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,605
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Hebrew, English form of Jeremiah. Also used to anglicize Irish Diarmaid (Dermot).
Corpus desk
Index EN-jeremy · Jeremy · English
Jeremy · rank #5,605 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,605
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH ion
Nearest frequency peer: ion (-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 “Jeremy”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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incidents
94,399 corpus weight
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inform
94,398 corpus weight
- ion
ion
94,397 corpus weight
- Jeremy
Jeremy
94,396 corpus weight
- lesbian
lesbian
94,395 corpus weight
- lovers
lovers
94,394 corpus weight
What this shows “Jeremy” 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 | Jeremy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒɛɹ.ɪ.mi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,605 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Jeremy”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Jeremy (IPA /ˈd͡ʒɛɹ.ɪ.mi/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #5,605 among 796 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jeremy, with forms such as "ejremy", "jeermy", and "jeremmy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Jerry", "jerky", "jersey", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is Jeremy, spelled J-E-R-E-M-Y.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Hebrew, English form of Jeremiah. Also used to anglicize Irish Diarmaid (Dermot).
- 2A locality in the Oberon council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jeremy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet.
He had the name of Jeremy given to him, because Jeremiah, as his father said, was a family name; and there was an advantage in curtailing a syllable, and in showing a preference towards the names of the New Testament over those of the old.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ejremy
- jeermy
- jeremmy
- jeremyy
- jereym
- jermey
- jerremy
- jjeremy
- jreemy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jeremy - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Jeremy", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).