pituitary
/pɪˈtjuːɪt(ə)ɹi/
"pituitary" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pituitary” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,293. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,293
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or relating to the pituitary gland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pituitary · pituitary · English
pituitary · rank #31,293 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,293
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH picturing
Nearest frequency peer: picturing (-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 “pituitary”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Phipps
Phipps
68,710 corpus weight
- picturing
picturing
68,709 corpus weight
- pituitary
pituitary
68,708 corpus weight
- plumage
plumage
68,707 corpus weight
- poof
poof
68,705 corpus weight
- possum
possum
68,704 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pituitary” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pituitary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɪˈtjuːɪt(ə)ɹi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pituitary” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around pituitary (IPA /pɪˈtjuːɪt(ə)ɹi/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,293 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pituitary, with forms such as "iptuitary", "pitiutary", and "pittuitary". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: 1610s, from Latin pītuītārius (“mucous”), from pītuīta (“clammy moisture, phlegm, mucus, slime”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“to be fat, swell”). Taken as the name for the gland because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose. As … The correct English form is pituitary, spelled P-I-T-U-I-T-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to the pituitary gland.
- 2Mucous.
Etymology
1610s, from Latin pītuītārius (“mucous”), from pītuīta (“clammy moisture, phlegm, mucus, slime”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“to be fat, swell”). Taken as the name for the gland because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose. As a noun by 1899.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iptuitary
- pitiutary
- pittuitary
- pituiatry
- pituitarry
- pituitaryy
- pituitayr
- pituitray
- pituittary
- pitutiary
- piutitary
- ppituitary
- ptiuitary
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pituitary - 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.
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 "pituitary", 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 (13 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.