October
/ɒkˈtəʊ.bə/
"october" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“October” is in the everyday core of English, ranked #814 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #814
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | October |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɒkˈtəʊ.bə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “October” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for October is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɒkˈtəʊ.bə/. Corpus data places it at rank #814 in overall English word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for October, with forms such as "cotober", "occtober", and "ocotber". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French octobre, from Latin Octōber (“eighth month”), from Latin octō (“eight”), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw (“twice four”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; October was the eighth month in the Roman … The correct English form is October, spelled O-C-T-O-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November.
- 2A female given name transferred from the month name.
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French octobre, from Latin Octōber (“eighth month”), from Latin octō (“eight”), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw (“twice four”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cotober,occtober,ocotber,octboer,octobber,octoberr,octobre,octoebr,octtober,otcober
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of October - 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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Using “October”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-C-T-O-B-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɒkˈtəʊ.bə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.