Pandora
/ˌpænˈdɔɹə/
"pandora" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pandora” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,200. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,200
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The first woman on earth, who had been given a box by the gods and instructed not to open it, but who disobeyed the instructions out of curiosity, releasing all manner of evils into the world.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pandora · Pandora · English
Pandora · rank #17,200 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,200
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Pak
Nearest frequency peer: Pak (-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 “Pandora”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- overheard
overheard
82,804 corpus weight
- oversized
oversized
82,803 corpus weight
- Pak
Pak
82,802 corpus weight
- Pandora
Pandora
82,801 corpus weight
- panicked
panicked
82,800 corpus weight
- Paolo
Paolo
82,799 corpus weight
What this shows “Pandora” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pandora |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌpænˈdɔɹə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,200 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Pandora”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Pandora (IPA /ˌpænˈdɔɹə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,200 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pandora, with forms such as "apndora", "padnora", and "panddora". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "panda", "pander", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρᾱ (Pandṓrā, “all gifts”). The correct English form is Pandora, spelled P-A-N-D-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1The first woman on earth, who had been given a box by the gods and instructed not to open it, but who disobeyed the instructions out of curiosity, releasing all manner of evils into the world.
- 2A moon of the planet Saturn.
- 355 Pandora, a main belt asteroid.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρᾱ (Pandṓrā, “all gifts”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apndora
- padnora
- panddora
- pandoar
- pandorra
- pandroa
- panndora
- panodra
- pnadora
- ppandora
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pandora - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Pandora", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).