Penelope
/pɪˈnɛləpi/
"penelope" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Penelope” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,161. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,161
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The faithful wife of Odysseus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-penelope · Penelope · English
Penelope · rank #19,161 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,161
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH pats
Nearest frequency peer: pats (-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 “Penelope”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pamphlet
pamphlet
80,843 corpus weight
- pats
pats
80,841 corpus weight
- Penelope
Penelope
80,840 corpus weight
- perish
perish
80,839 corpus weight
- perpetrator
perpetrator
80,838 corpus weight
- pervert
pervert
80,837 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Penelope” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Penelope |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /pɪˈnɛləpi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,161 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Penelope” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Penelope (IPA /pɪˈnɛləpi/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,161 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Penelope, with forms such as "epnelope", "peenlope", and "penellope". 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. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Πηνελόπη (Pēnelópē), possibly from πηνέλοψ (pēnélops, “duck”). The correct English form is Penelope, spelled P-E-N-E-L-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1The faithful wife of Odysseus.
- 2A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 3A town in Texas.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πηνελόπη (Pēnelópē), possibly from πηνέλοψ (pēnélops, “duck”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epnelope
- peenlope
- penellope
- peneloep
- peneloppe
- penelpoe
- peneolpe
- penleope
- pennelope
- pneelope
- ppenelope
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Penelope - 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 "Penelope", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 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.