peony
/ˈpiːəni/
"peony" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“peony” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,958. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,958
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.
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 | peony |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpiːəni/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #48,958 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “peony” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around peony (IPA /ˈpiːəni/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,958 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for peony, with forms such as "epony", "penoy", and "peonny". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pon", "pond", "pony", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English peonie, peonia et al., from Latin paeōnia; later reinforced by Anglo-Norman peonie, Old French peone, pyoine (French pivoine), from Latin paeōnia, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek παιωνία (paiōnía), from Ancient Greek Παιών (Paiṓn, “Paeon, th… The correct English form is peony, spelled P-E-O-N-Y.
Definition
- 1A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.
- 2A dark red colour.
Etymology
From Old English peonie, peonia et al., from Latin paeōnia; later reinforced by Anglo-Norman peonie, Old French peone, pyoine (French pivoine), from Latin paeōnia, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek παιωνία (paiōnía), from Ancient Greek Παιών (Paiṓn, “Paeon, the physician of the gods”)/παιών (paiṓn, “a physician”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epony
- penoy
- peonny
- peonyy
- peoyn
- poeny
- ppeony
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of peony - 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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Using “peony”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-E-O-N-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpiːəni/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pon” - see the side-by-side comparison. peony vs pon
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.