Plymouth
/ˈplɪməθ/
"plymouth" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Plymouth” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,439. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,439
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A placename:
Corpus desk
Index EN-plymouth · Plymouth · English
Plymouth · rank #11,439 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,439
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH poetic
Nearest frequency peer: poetic (+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 “Plymouth”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- persona
persona
88,565 corpus weight
- plaque
plaque
88,564 corpus weight
- Plymouth
Plymouth
88,562 corpus weight
- poetic
poetic
88,561 corpus weight
- preach
preach
88,560 corpus weight
- preaching
preaching
88,559 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Plymouth” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Plymouth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈplɪməθ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Plymouth” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Plymouth (IPA /ˈplɪməθ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #11,439 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 33 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Plymouth, with forms such as "lpymouth", "pllymouth", and "plmyouth". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Plym + mouth, referring to the river's mouth. The correct English form is Plymouth, spelled P-L-Y-M-O-U-T-H.
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Etymology
From Plym + mouth, referring to the river's mouth.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpymouth
- pllymouth
- plmyouth
- plymmouth
- plymotuh
- plymouht
- plymouthh
- plymoutth
- plymuoth
- plyomuth
- plyymouth
- pplymouth
- pylmouth
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Plymouth - 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 September 2, 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 "Plymouth", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #11,439 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.