migratory
/ˈmaɪ.ɡɹəˌtɔɹ.i/
"migratory" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“migratory” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,154. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,154
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Migrating.
Corpus desk
Index EN-migratory · migratory · English
migratory · rank #22,154 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,154
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mercantile
Nearest frequency peer: mercantile (-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 “migratory”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- medial
medial
77,850 corpus weight
- mellon
mellon
77,849 corpus weight
- mercantile
mercantile
77,848 corpus weight
- migratory
migratory
77,847 corpus weight
- mingle
mingle
77,846 corpus weight
- modernist
modernist
77,845 corpus weight
What this shows “migratory” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | migratory |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmaɪ.ɡɹəˌtɔɹ.i/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “migratory”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around migratory (IPA /ˈmaɪ.ɡɹəˌtɔɹ.i/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,154 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for migratory, with forms such as "imgratory", "mgiratory", and "migartory". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin migrātōrius or migrate + -ory. The correct English form is migratory, spelled M-I-G-R-A-T-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Migrating.
- 2Roving; wandering; nomadic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how migratory appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To cope with daily variation of environmental parameters, talitrids evolved a migratory behaviour, synchronized with tidal and nictemeral cycles, that enable them to locate the suitable patches of habitat on the shore (Pardi and Ercolini 1986).
Even among migratory species, only a few (Aglaura hemistoma, Abylopsis tetragona eudoxids, Beroe sp., Thalia democratica, Salpa fusiformis) crossed the thermocline and reached the bottom layer.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin migrātōrius or migrate + -ory.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imgratory
- mgiratory
- migartory
- miggratory
- migraotry
- migratorry
- migratoryy
- migratoyr
- migratroy
- migrattory
- migrratory
- migrtaory
- mirgatory
- mmigratory
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of migratory - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "migratory", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).