/ˈɹɛdɪt/
"reddit" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Reddit” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,951. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,951
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reddit · Reddit · English
Reddit · rank #11,951 · 7 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,951
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH remark
Nearest frequency peer: remark (+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 “Reddit”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- proportions
proportions
88,054 corpus weight
- provisional
provisional
88,053 corpus weight
- Reddit
Reddit
88,050 corpus weight
- remark
remark
88,049 corpus weight
- repay
repay
88,048 corpus weight
- Roland
Roland
88,047 corpus weight
What this shows “Reddit” 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 | |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɛdɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Reddit”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Reddit (IPA /ˈɹɛdɪt/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #11,951 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Reddit, with forms such as "erddit", "rdedit", and "redditt". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "reit", "remit", "Reddy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: The website was founded on June 23, 2005, by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, and the name is a play on words of read it (with read in the past tense). The correct English form is Reddit, spelled R-E-D-D-I-T.
Definition
- 1An American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Reddit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Online forums dedicated to incel culture are a reliable way to see how the term evolved and is used today. A subreddit, or forum on Reddit, called r/incels was one of the most visible meeting places for self-identified incels until it was banned by Reddit in 2017 for “violent content.”
“I’m an oversharer,” she said. In addition to posting her most interesting interactions to Reddit, she is writing a book about the relationship online, pseudonymously.
Etymology
The website was founded on June 23, 2005, by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, and the name is a play on words of read it (with read in the past tense).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erddit
- rdedit
- redditt
- reddti
- redidt
- redit
- rreddit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Reddit - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Reddit", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).