ophthalmic
/ɒfˈθal.mɪk/
"ophthalmic" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ophthalmic” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,800. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,800
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to the eyes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ophthalmic · ophthalmic · English
ophthalmic · rank #42,800 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,800
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH occipital
Nearest frequency peer: occipital (-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 “ophthalmic”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Northumbria
Northumbria
57,207 corpus weight
- occipital
occipital
57,202 corpus weight
- ophthalmic
ophthalmic
57,201 corpus weight
- ostentatious
ostentatious
57,199 corpus weight
- osteopathic
osteopathic
57,198 corpus weight
- oversize
oversize
57,196 corpus weight
What this shows “ophthalmic” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ophthalmic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɒfˈθal.mɪk/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #42,800 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “ophthalmic”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around ophthalmic (IPA /ɒfˈθal.mɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,800 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for ophthalmic, with forms such as "ohpthalmic", "ophhtalmic", and "ophhthalmic". 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. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin ophthalmicus, from Ancient Greek ὀφθᾰλμῐκός (ophthălmĭkós, “of or for the eyes”), from ὀφθᾰλμός (ophthălmós, “eye”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix). The correct English form is ophthalmic, spelled O-P-H-T-H-A-L-M-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to the eyes.
- 2Visionary, looking to the future.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ophthalmic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eyedrops are an ophthalmic solution.
The ophthalmic surgeon attends Tuesdays and Saturdays, at half-past one.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ophthalmicus, from Ancient Greek ὀφθᾰλμῐκός (ophthălmĭkós, “of or for the eyes”), from ὀφθᾰλμός (ophthălmós, “eye”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ohpthalmic
- ophhtalmic
- ophhthalmic
- ophtahlmic
- ophthalimc
- ophthallmic
- ophthalmci
- ophthalmicc
- ophthalmmic
- ophthamlic
- ophthhalmic
- ophthlamic
- ophtthalmic
- opphthalmic
- opthhalmic
- pohthalmic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ophthalmic - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "ophthalmic", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).