Pettigrew
"pettigrew" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pettigrew” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,409. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,409
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pettigrew · Pettigrew · English
Pettigrew · rank #48,409 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,409
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pentagram
Nearest frequency peer: pentagram (-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 “Pettigrew”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- phlegm
phlegm
51,589 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pettigrew” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pettigrew |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,409 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pettigrew” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Pettigrew, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,409 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pettigrew, with forms such as "epttigrew", "petigrew", and "petitgrew". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unknown, although possibly from the French phrase "petit cru" (small growth) from Anglo-Norman French "petit creu", thus as a nickname for a small/short man. Other interpretations include from the French phrase "pie de grue" (crane's foot), i.e., someone wi… The correct English form is Pettigrew, spelled P-E-T-T-I-G-R-E-W.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2An unincorporated community in Madison County, Arkansas, United States.
Etymology
Unknown, although possibly from the French phrase "petit cru" (small growth) from Anglo-Norman French "petit creu", thus as a nickname for a small/short man. Other interpretations include from the French phrase "pie de grue" (crane's foot), i.e., someone with long legs (cf. pedigree, from Anglo-French "pe de gru", a variant of Old French pied de gru, "foot of a crane"). Attested from the 13th century as an English surname.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epttigrew
- petigrew
- petitgrew
- pettgirew
- pettigerw
- pettiggrew
- pettigreww
- pettigrrew
- pettigrwe
- pettirgew
- ppettigrew
- ptetigrew
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pettigrew - 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 "Pettigrew", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
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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.