Paulina
"paulina" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Paulina” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,831. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,831
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Latin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paulina · Paulina · English
Paulina · rank #40,831 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,831
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH patronize
Nearest frequency peer: patronize (-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 “Paulina”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- palmetto
palmetto
59,173 corpus weight
- patronize
patronize
59,171 corpus weight
- Paulina
Paulina
59,170 corpus weight
- PFA
PFA
59,169 corpus weight
- Phelan
Phelan
59,168 corpus weight
- phonological
phonological
59,167 corpus weight
What this shows “Paulina” 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 | Paulina |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Paulina”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Paulina, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #40,831 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A female given name from Latin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Paulina, with forms such as "apulina", "paluina", and "pauilna". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Pauline", "pausing", "Paula", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Paulīna, feminine form of Paulīnus, derivative of Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Name of a third-century saint. The correct English form is Paulina, spelled P-A-U-L-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Latin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Paulina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O grave and good Paulina, the great comfort / That I have had of thee!
She smells like expensive soap and her teeth are shiny-white. She does not in any way look like her name. It's not her fault that she was born in a time when people believed in names like Wanda, Dottie and Betty. She's more of a Vanessa or Paulina.
Etymology
From Latin Paulīna, feminine form of Paulīnus, derivative of Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Name of a third-century saint.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apulina
- paluina
- pauilna
- paulian
- paulinna
- paullina
- paulnia
- ppaulina
- pualina
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Paulina - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Paulina", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).