playmate
/ˈpleɪˌmeɪt/
"playmate" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“playmate” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,287. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,287
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A companion for someone (especially a child) to play with.
Corpus desk
Index EN-playmate · playmate · English
playmate · rank #36,287 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,287
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Pliny
Nearest frequency peer: Pliny (+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 “playmate”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- pilar
pilar
63,717 corpus weight
- placeholder
placeholder
63,716 corpus weight
- playmate
playmate
63,714 corpus weight
- Pliny
Pliny
63,713 corpus weight
- PNC
PNC
63,712 corpus weight
- poetics
poetics
63,711 corpus weight
What this shows “playmate” 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 | playmate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpleɪˌmeɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #36,287 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “playmate”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around playmate (IPA /ˈpleɪˌmeɪt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,287 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 playmate, with forms such as "lpaymate", "palymate", and "plamyate". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "placate", "playmaker", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From play + mate. Compare earlier playfeer (“playmate”) of similar construction. The correct English form is playmate, spelled P-L-A-Y-M-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1A companion for someone (especially a child) to play with.
- 2A person's lover.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how playmate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
Etymology
From play + mate. Compare earlier playfeer (“playmate”) of similar construction.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpaymate
- palymate
- plamyate
- playamte
- playmaet
- playmatte
- playmmate
- playmtae
- playymate
- pllaymate
- plyamate
- pplaymate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of playmate - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "playmate", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).