Paleolithic
/ˈpeɪl.iː.əʊˌlɪθ.ɪk/
"paleolithic" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Paleolithic” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,812. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,812
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A period that lasted from two and a half million years ago to 10,000 BCE; the Old Stone Age.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paleolithic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈpeɪl.iː.əʊˌlɪθ.ɪk/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #47,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Paleolithic” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Paleolithic (IPA /ˈpeɪl.iː.əʊˌlɪθ.ɪk/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,812 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A period that lasted from two and a half million years ago to 10,000 BCE; the Old Stone Age.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Paleolithic, with forms such as "apleolithic", "paelolithic", and "paleloithic". 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 confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From paleo- + -lithic. The correct English form is Paleolithic, spelled P-A-L-E-O-L-I-T-H-I-C.
Definition
- 1A period that lasted from two and a half million years ago to 10,000 BCE; the Old Stone Age.
Etymology
From paleo- + -lithic.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apleolithic
- paelolithic
- paleloithic
- paleoilthic
- paleolihtic
- paleolithci
- paleolithhic
- paleolithicc
- paleolitihc
- paleolitthic
- paleollithic
- paleoltihic
- palleolithic
- paloelithic
- plaeolithic
- ppaleolithic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Paleolithic - 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 “Paleolithic”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-L-E-O-L-I-T-H-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpeɪl.iː.əʊˌlɪθ.ɪk/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.