misspelling
"misspelling" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“misspelling” is uncommon English (frequency #50,673 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,673
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Incorrect spelling.
Corpus desk
Index EN-misspelling · misspelling · English
misspelling · rank #50,673 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,673
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mise
Nearest frequency peer: mise (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “misspelling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Milburn
Milburn
49,333 corpus weight
- miler
miler
49,332 corpus weight
- minimalistic
minimalistic
49,331 corpus weight
- mise
mise
49,329 corpus weight
- misspelling
misspelling
49,328 corpus weight
- Mizuno
Mizuno
49,327 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “misspelling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | misspelling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #50,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “misspelling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
misspelling is uncommon English at frequency #50,673 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
misspelling has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mis- + spelling. The correct English form is misspelling, spelled M-I-S-S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Incorrect spelling.
- 2A misspelled word.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how misspelling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Accomodation is a common misspelling of accommodation.
My own Chinese name might conceivably be written in no fewer than four different ways in Unicode: 井作恆, 井作恒, 丼作恆, and 丼作恒. I would personally consider all but the first misspellings, just as I would the spelling of my English name as Jon Jenkins or John Jenkyns.
Etymology
From mis- + spelling.
This word in other languages
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).