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
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-peony · peony · English
peony · rank #48,958 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,958
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH perceptible
Nearest frequency peer: perceptible (+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 “peony”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Palme
Palme
51,048 corpus weight
- Palos
Palos
51,047 corpus weight
- parlay
parlay
51,045 corpus weight
- peony
peony
51,043 corpus weight
- perceptible
perceptible
51,042 corpus weight
- perinatal
perinatal
51,040 corpus weight
What this shows “peony” 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 | 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) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “peony”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around peony (IPA /ˈpiːəni/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,958 among 4,417 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how peony appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The root of the Male Peony fresh gathered has been found by experience to cure the falling-sickness.
There might ye ſee the pioney ſpread vvide, / The full-blovvn roſe, the ſhepherd and his laſs, / Lap-dog and lambkin vvith black ſtaring eyes, / And parrots vvith tvvin cherries in their beak.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "peony", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).