podcast
/ˈpɒdˌkɑːst/
"podcast" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“podcast” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,615. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,615
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable devices such as mo...
Corpus desk
Index EN-podcast · podcast · English
podcast · rank #5,615 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #5,615
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH par
Nearest frequency peer: par (-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 “podcast”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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morris
94,389 corpus weight
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Norway
94,388 corpus weight
- par
par
94,387 corpus weight
- podcast
podcast
94,386 corpus weight
- portfolio
portfolio
94,385 corpus weight
- productivity
productivity
94,384 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “podcast” 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 | podcast |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɒdˌkɑːst/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,615 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “podcast” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around podcast (IPA /ˈpɒdˌkɑːst/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,615 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for podcast, with forms such as "opdcast", "pdocast", and "pocdast". 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, "podcasts", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree ▲ Proto-Indo-European *h₁en- Proto-Indo-European *h₁en- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *ənter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *neHd- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic… The correct English form is podcast, spelled P-O-D-C-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.
- 2An individual episode of such a program.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how podcast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There's no restriction for what a podcast should and should not be. Of course, if you cover all these topics and more, you may find it harder to find an audience than if you focus on a narrower range and cover it well. Finding listeners is simpler if your podcast can be summarized in a sentence. More people will sample your show if it fits in a category i…
Try listening to a mix of well-known podcasts. You'll soon find that the best always feature hosts that have their own unique voice.
Etymology
Etymology tree ▲ Proto-Indo-European *h₁en- Proto-Indo-European *h₁en- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *ənter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *neHd- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work English network English internetwork English Internet English i- English pod English iPod Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast blend English podcast Blend of iPod (“portable music player made by Apple”) + broadcast, probably coined by the British technologist and broadcaster Ben Hammersley (born 1976) who proposed the word podcasting in 2004.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opdcast
- pdocast
- pocdast
- podacst
- podcasst
- podcastt
- podcats
- podccast
- podcsat
- poddcast
- ppodcast
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of podcast - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "podcast", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "podcasts". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,615 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.