Pittsburgh
/ˈpɪtsbɝɡ/
"pittsburgh" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pittsburgh” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,823. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,823
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pittsburgh · Pittsburgh · English
Pittsburgh · rank #5,823 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #5,823
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH phenomenon
Nearest frequency peer: phenomenon (-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 “Pittsburgh”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- owe
owe
94,181 corpus weight
- permitted
permitted
94,180 corpus weight
- phenomenon
phenomenon
94,179 corpus weight
- Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
94,178 corpus weight
- playoff
playoff
94,177 corpus weight
- precise
precise
94,176 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Pittsburgh” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Pittsburgh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɪtsbɝɡ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #5,823 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Pittsburgh” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Pittsburgh (IPA /ˈpɪtsbɝɡ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #5,823 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pittsburgh, with forms such as "ipttsburgh", "pitsburgh", and "pitstburgh". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Pittsburg", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Pitt + -s- + -burgh (“fortified place”), named after William Pitt the Elder. The correct English form is Pittsburgh, spelled P-I-T-T-S-B-U-R-G-H.
Definition
- 1A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Etymology
From Pitt + -s- + -burgh (“fortified place”), named after William Pitt the Elder.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ipttsburgh
- pitsburgh
- pitstburgh
- pittbsurgh
- pittsbburgh
- pittsbrugh
- pittsbugrh
- pittsburggh
- pittsburghh
- pittsburhg
- pittsburrgh
- pittssburgh
- pittsubrgh
- ppittsburgh
- ptitsburgh
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pittsburgh - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pittsburgh", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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.