predation
"predation" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“predation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,980. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,980
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The preying of one animal on others.
Corpus desk
Index EN-predation · predation · English
predation · rank #32,980 · 14 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,980
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH preheat
Nearest frequency peer: preheat (+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 “predation”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- portability
portability
67,026 corpus weight
- posturing
posturing
67,025 corpus weight
- pouches
pouches
67,024 corpus weight
- predation
predation
67,021 corpus weight
- preheat
preheat
67,020 corpus weight
- Pringle
Pringle
67,018 corpus weight
What this shows “predation” 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 | predation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “predation”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around predation, anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,980 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for predation, with forms such as "perdation", "ppredation", and "prdeation". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "predator", "probation", "prediction", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin praedātiō, praedātiōnis, from praedor (“pillage, plunder”), from praeda (“plunder, spoils”). The correct English form is predation, spelled P-R-E-D-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The preying of one animal on others.
- 2The action of attacking or plundering.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how predation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…]this priest roade in his goune of velvet, with a greate trayne, and was received into every Religion with Procession, as though the legate had bene there, and toke such greate sommes for his visitacion, that the religious sore were greved, and murmured much against it, and in especiall, for they were charged with greate sommes of money to the kyng, and…
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praedātiō, praedātiōnis, from praedor (“pillage, plunder”), from praeda (“plunder, spoils”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- perdation
- ppredation
- prdeation
- preadtion
- predaiton
- predasion
- predatino
- predationn
- predatoin
- predattion
- preddation
- predtaion
- prredation
- rpedation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of predation - 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 "predation", 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 (14 here; floor ≥5).