pheasant
/ˈfɛzənt/
"pheasant" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pheasant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,961. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,961
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pheasant · pheasant · English
pheasant · rank #27,961 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,961
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH petrified
Nearest frequency peer: petrified (-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 “pheasant”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- parton
parton
72,044 corpus weight
- petrified
petrified
72,041 corpus weight
- pheasant
pheasant
72,040 corpus weight
- photosynthe…
photosynthesis
72,039 corpus weight
- piccolo
piccolo
72,038 corpus weight
- piloted
piloted
72,036 corpus weight
What this shows “pheasant” 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 | pheasant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɛzənt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,961 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “pheasant”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around pheasant (IPA /ˈfɛzənt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,961 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 pheasant, with forms such as "hpeasant", "pehasant", and "phaesant". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "pleasant", "peasant", "peasants", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English fesaunt, fesant, from Old French fesan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φᾱσιανός (phāsianós), meaning “[bird] of the river Φᾶσις (Phâsis)”, from where, it was supposed, the bird spread to the west. Replaced native Old English wō… The correct English form is pheasant, spelled P-H-E-A-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.
- 2The meat of this bird, eaten as food.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pheasant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The ſpring diſplaying her elegant taſte, the proud walk of the gold-feathered pheaſant, the light tread of the ſmall-hoofed hind, and the dancing of the ſtar-trained peacock, infuſed joy into the ſoul of the ſpectator of the aſtoniſhing works of the Creator.
Or sometimes, passing too near a sequestered copse, the shy tenants were startled, and the superb plumage of the pheasant dashed aside the branches, and the stately bird soared up on rattling wing.
Etymology
From Middle English fesaunt, fesant, from Old French fesan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φᾱσιανός (phāsianós), meaning “[bird] of the river Φᾶσις (Phâsis)”, from where, it was supposed, the bird spread to the west. Replaced native Old English wōrhana, a variant of mōrhana. More at moorhen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hpeasant
- pehasant
- phaesant
- pheaasnt
- pheasannt
- pheasantt
- pheasatn
- pheasnat
- pheassant
- phesaant
- phheasant
- ppheasant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pheasant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).