pleasant
/ˈplɛz.ənt/
"pleasant" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pleasant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,973. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,973
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pleasant · pleasant · English
pleasant · rank #4,973 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,973
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH plates
Nearest frequency peer: plates (-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 “pleasant”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- permit
permit
95,031 corpus weight
- perry
perry
95,030 corpus weight
- plates
plates
95,029 corpus weight
- pleasant
pleasant
95,028 corpus weight
- portrait
portrait
95,027 corpus weight
- productive
productive
95,026 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pleasant” 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 | pleasant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈplɛz.ənt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,973 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pleasant” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around pleasant (IPA /ˈplɛz.ənt/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,973 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 pleasant, with forms such as "lpeasant", "pelasant", and "plaesant". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "pleasing", "pleasantly", "peasant", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English plesaunte, from Old French plaisant. By surface analysis, please + -ant. Related to Dutch plezant (“full of fun or pleasure”). Partly displaced Old English wynsum, which became Modern English winsome. The correct English form is pleasant, spelled P-L-E-A-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
- 2Facetious, joking.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pleasant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We had a pleasant walk around the town.
It wasn't so hot outside, but pleasant enough to have lunch in the garden.
Etymology
From Middle English plesaunte, from Old French plaisant. By surface analysis, please + -ant. Related to Dutch plezant (“full of fun or pleasure”). Partly displaced Old English wynsum, which became Modern English winsome.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpeasant
- pelasant
- plaesant
- pleaasnt
- pleasannt
- pleasantt
- pleasatn
- pleasnat
- pleassant
- plesaant
- plleasant
- ppleasant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pleasant - 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 September 3, 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 "pleasant", 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).
What to do next
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- "pleasant" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "pleasing". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,973 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
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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.