paycheck
/ˈpeɪ.t͡ʃɛk/
"paycheck" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paycheck” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,021. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,021
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A periodic payment, usually in the form of a paper check, received by an employee from an employer for work performed.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paycheck |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpeɪ.t͡ʃɛk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paycheck” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around paycheck (IPA /ˈpeɪ.t͡ʃɛk/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,021 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A periodic payment, usually in the form of a paper check, received by an employee from an employer for work performed.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for paycheck, with forms such as "apycheck", "pacyheck", and "payccheck". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pay (“wages or salary”) + check (“means of payment”). The correct English form is paycheck, spelled P-A-Y-C-H-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1A periodic payment, usually in the form of a paper check, received by an employee from an employer for work performed.
Etymology
From pay (“wages or salary”) + check (“means of payment”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apycheck
- pacyheck
- payccheck
- paycehck
- paychcek
- paychecck
- paycheckk
- paychekc
- paychheck
- payhceck
- payycheck
- ppaycheck
- pyacheck
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paycheck - 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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Using “paycheck”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-Y-C-H-E-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpeɪ.t͡ʃɛk/ (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.