larynx
/ˈlæ.ɹɪŋks/
"larynx" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“larynx” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,220. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,220
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the ...
Corpus desk
Index EN-larynx · larynx · English
larynx · rank #41,220 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,220
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH kya
Nearest frequency peer: kya (-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 “larynx”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Knightley
Knightley
58,784 corpus weight
- Kowalski
Kowalski
58,783 corpus weight
- kya
kya
58,782 corpus weight
- larynx
larynx
58,781 corpus weight
- lassie
lassie
58,780 corpus weight
- Lavigne
Lavigne
58,778 corpus weight
What this shows “larynx” 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 | larynx |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlæ.ɹɪŋks/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #41,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “larynx”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around larynx (IPA /ˈlæ.ɹɪŋks/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,220 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for larynx, with forms such as "alrynx", "larnyx", and "larrynx". 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 also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "lynx", "Layne", "Lauryn", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from New Latin larynx, from Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx, “larynx; windpipe; gullet, throat”). The correct English form is larynx, spelled L-A-R-Y-N-X.
Definition
- 1A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, as it houses the vocal cords, sound production.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how larynx appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There is one thing, among abundance of others, in Anatomy, which has always much affected me with Admiration, [...] It is the Situation and Elaſticity of the Epiglottis, a ſoft Cartilaginous Cover to the Larynx, or Orifice of the Wind-pipe; that this Epiglottis ſhould, all a Man's life, be drawn up, for the Benefit of Reſpiration, and fall down and ſhut,…
The larynx is the instrument of the voice, of which the rima glottidis is the immediate organ. [...] The change of the voice from acute to grave at the time of puberty, when the larynx undergoes a remarkable development, as well as its acuteness in females, whose glottis is less by one third than that of man, shew that the size of the aperture has a great…
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin larynx, from Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx, “larynx; windpipe; gullet, throat”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alrynx
- larnyx
- larrynx
- larynnx
- larynxx
- laryxn
- laryynx
- layrnx
- llarynx
- lraynx
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of larynx - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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