magneto
/maɡˈniːtəʊ/
"magneto" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“magneto” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,551. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,551
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small magnetic dynamo, especially one that provides power to the spark plugs of a small internal combustion engine (now mostly used in aircraft).
Corpus desk
Index EN-magneto · magneto · English
magneto · rank #27,551 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,551
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH magnate
Nearest frequency peer: magnate (-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 “magneto”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- macs
macs
72,452 corpus weight
- magnate
magnate
72,451 corpus weight
- magneto
magneto
72,450 corpus weight
- Mahoney
Mahoney
72,449 corpus weight
- mannered
mannered
72,448 corpus weight
- Marietta
Marietta
72,447 corpus weight
What this shows “magneto” 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 | magneto |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /maɡˈniːtəʊ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “magneto”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around magneto (IPA /maɡˈniːtəʊ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,551 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A small magnetic dynamo, especially one that provides power to the spark plugs of a small internal combustion engine (now mostly used in aircraft).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for magneto, with forms such as "amgneto", "magento", and "maggneto". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "magnet", "magnate", "magnetic", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of magneto-electric (machine). The correct English form is magneto, spelled M-A-G-N-E-T-O.
Definition
- 1A small magnetic dynamo, especially one that provides power to the spark plugs of a small internal combustion engine (now mostly used in aircraft).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how magneto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Black tracks on the magneto, a hairline crack in the flywheel casing, pitted points or a spitless exhaust — all are clues to potential conkouts
Etymology
Clipping of magneto-electric (machine).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amgneto
- magento
- maggneto
- magneot
- magnetto
- magnneto
- magnteo
- mangeto
- mganeto
- mmagneto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of magneto - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).