redwood
"redwood" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“redwood” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #21,912 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,912
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A tree of the species Sequoia sempervirens.
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 | redwood |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,912 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “redwood” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for redwood is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #21,912 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for redwood, with forms such as "erdwood", "rdewood", and "reddwood". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Redmond", "Redford", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From red + wood. The correct English form is redwood, spelled R-E-D-W-O-O-D.
Definition
- 1A tree of the species Sequoia sempervirens.
- 2Any of the evergreen conifers belonging to the genus Sequoia in the wide sense.
- 3Wood of the species Sequoia sempervirens.
- 4Wood of the species Pinus sylvestris.
- 5A tree of species Manilkara bidentata harvested for timber and latex.
- 6Timber from the Manilkara bidentata tree.
Etymology
From red + wood.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erdwood,rdewood,reddwood,redowod,redwod,redwodo,redwoodd,redwwood,rewdood,rredwood
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of redwood - 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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Using “redwood”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-D-W-O-O-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “Redmond” - see the side-by-side comparison. redwood vs Redmond
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.