pentagram
/ˈpɛn.təˌɡɹæm/
"pentagram" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pentagram” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,408. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,408
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical...
Corpus desk
Index EN-pentagram · pentagram · English
pentagram · rank #48,408 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,408
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH penitent
Nearest frequency peer: penitent (-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 “pentagram”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- PBA
PBA
51,597 corpus weight
- peasy
peasy
51,596 corpus weight
- penitent
penitent
51,594 corpus weight
- pentagram
pentagram
51,593 corpus weight
- Pettigrew
Pettigrew
51,592 corpus weight
- Philistine
Philistine
51,590 corpus weight
What this shows “pentagram” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pentagram |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɛn.təˌɡɹæm/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “pentagram”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around pentagram (IPA /ˈpɛn.təˌɡɹæm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,408 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for pentagram, with forms such as "epntagram", "penatgram", and "penntagram". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon), noun form of the adjectives πεντάγραμμος (pentágrammos) and πεντέγραμμος (pentégrammos, “five-lined, having five lines”). Equivalent to penta- + -gram. The correct English form is pentagram, spelled P-E-N-T-A-G-R-A-M.
Definition
- 1The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pentagram appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Prove that the circles so belonging to the 6 pentagrams formed by 6 lines meet in a point, and so on; the series of theorems being interminable.
The passive pentagrams of spirit are drawn first in the quarters of the passive elements—water and earth—and likewise followed by the appropriate traditional elemental pentagram.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon), noun form of the adjectives πεντάγραμμος (pentágrammos) and πεντέγραμμος (pentégrammos, “five-lined, having five lines”). Equivalent to penta- + -gram.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epntagram
- penatgram
- penntagram
- pentagarm
- pentaggram
- pentagramm
- pentagrma
- pentagrram
- pentargam
- pentgaram
- penttagram
- petnagram
- pnetagram
- ppentagram
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pentagram - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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