parenthood
"parenthood" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parenthood” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,806. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,806
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being a parent
Corpus desk
Index EN-parenthood · parenthood · English
parenthood · rank #14,806 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,806
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH parasite
Nearest frequency peer: parasite (-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 “parenthood”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- pageant
pageant
85,198 corpus weight
- parachute
parachute
85,197 corpus weight
- parasite
parasite
85,196 corpus weight
- parenthood
parenthood
85,195 corpus weight
- perennial
perennial
85,194 corpus weight
- persistence
persistence
85,193 corpus weight
What this shows “parenthood” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parenthood |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #14,806 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “parenthood”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around parenthood, anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,806 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The state of being a parent".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for parenthood, with forms such as "aprenthood", "paernthood", and "parenhtood". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From parent + -hood. The correct English form is parenthood, spelled P-A-R-E-N-T-H-O-O-D.
Definition
- 1The state of being a parent
Etymology
From parent + -hood.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprenthood
- paernthood
- parenhtood
- parennthood
- parenthhood
- parenthod
- parenthodo
- parenthoodd
- parentohod
- parentthood
- paretnhood
- parnethood
- parrenthood
- pparenthood
- praenthood
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parenthood - 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 "parenthood", 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 (15 here; floor ≥5).