pantyhose
/ˈpæntɪhəuz/
"pantyhose" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pantyhose” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,450. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,450
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Thin nylon tights worn over the legs, usually tan in color.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pantyhose · pantyhose · English
pantyhose · rank #35,450 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,450
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH painstakingly
Nearest frequency peer: painstakingly (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pantyhose”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- overturning
overturning
64,555 corpus weight
- painstaking…
painstakingly
64,552 corpus weight
- pantyhose
pantyhose
64,551 corpus weight
- parametric
parametric
64,550 corpus weight
- parentage
parentage
64,549 corpus weight
- Patna
Patna
64,548 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pantyhose” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pantyhose |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpæntɪhəuz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #35,450 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pantyhose” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around pantyhose (IPA /ˈpæntɪhəuz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,450 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Thin nylon tights worn over the legs, usually tan in color.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for pantyhose, with forms such as "apntyhose", "panntyhose", and "panthyose". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From panty + hose. The correct English form is pantyhose, spelled P-A-N-T-Y-H-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Thin nylon tights worn over the legs, usually tan in color.
Etymology
From panty + hose.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apntyhose
- panntyhose
- panthyose
- panttyhose
- pantyhhose
- pantyhoes
- pantyhosse
- pantyhsoe
- pantyohse
- pantyyhose
- panythose
- patnyhose
- pnatyhose
- ppantyhose
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pantyhose - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pantyhose", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
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.