mentor
/ˈmɛn.tɔː/
"mentor" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mentor” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,940. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,940
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mentor · mentor · English
mentor · rank #7,940 · 9 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,940
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH litigation
Nearest frequency peer: litigation (-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 “mentor”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Leicester
Leicester
92,064 corpus weight
- Liam
Liam
92,063 corpus weight
- litigation
litigation
92,062 corpus weight
- mentor
mentor
92,061 corpus weight
- merchandise
merchandise
92,060 corpus weight
- minerals
minerals
92,059 corpus weight
What this shows “mentor” 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 | mentor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɛn.tɔː/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,940 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mentor”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around mentor (IPA /ˈmɛn.tɔː/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,940 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mentor, with forms such as "emntor", "menntor", and "menotr". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "minor", "motor", "meter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey, whose name, a historical name from Ancient Greece, shares the same root as English mind. Cognate to Sanskrit मन्तृ (mantṛ, “advisor, counselor”) and L… The correct English form is mentor, spelled M-E-N-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mentor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Many mentors claim that they would work with the vocationers for free because of the sense of satisfaction the interaction provides.
I thought he was supposed to be my mentor. But, in actuality, what did I know about the often beguiling world of adults?
Etymology
From French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey, whose name, a historical name from Ancient Greece, shares the same root as English mind. Cognate to Sanskrit मन्तृ (mantṛ, “advisor, counselor”) and Latin monitor (“one who admonishes”), and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti (compare Latin moneō (“to warn”), causative form of *men- (“to think”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emntor
- menntor
- menotr
- mentorr
- mentro
- menttor
- metnor
- mmentor
- mnetor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mentor - 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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).