Leviticus
/ləˈvɪtɪkəs/
"leviticus" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Leviticus” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,159. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,159
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah.
Corpus desk
Index EN-leviticus · Leviticus · English
Leviticus · rank #34,159 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,159
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH leek
Nearest frequency peer: leek (-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 “Leviticus”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- lain
lain
65,847 corpus weight
- laminate
laminate
65,846 corpus weight
- leeches
leeches
65,844 corpus weight
- leek
leek
65,843 corpus weight
- Leviticus
Leviticus
65,842 corpus weight
- linguist
linguist
65,839 corpus weight
What this shows “Leviticus” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leviticus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ləˈvɪtɪkəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #34,159 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Leviticus”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Leviticus (IPA /ləˈvɪtɪkəs/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,159 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Leviticus, with forms such as "elviticus", "leivticus", and "leviitcus". 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 confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Derived from the Latin Liber Lēvīticus which is from the Ancient Greek το Λευιτικόν (to Leuitikón), "of the Levites [priestly class]". In Jewish writings it is customary to cite the book by its first word, וַיִּקְרָא (Vayikrá, “and he called”). The correct English form is Leviticus, spelled L-E-V-I-T-I-C-U-S.
Definition
- 1The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah.
Etymology
Derived from the Latin Liber Lēvīticus which is from the Ancient Greek το Λευιτικόν (to Leuitikón), "of the Levites [priestly class]". In Jewish writings it is customary to cite the book by its first word, וַיִּקְרָא (Vayikrá, “and he called”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elviticus
- leivticus
- leviitcus
- levitcius
- leviticcus
- leviticsu
- leviticuss
- levitiucs
- levitticus
- levtiicus
- levviticus
- lleviticus
- lveiticus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Leviticus - 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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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