renowned
/ɹɪˈnaʊnd/
"renowned" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“renowned” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,603. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,603
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Famous, celebrated, or well-known; widely praised or highly honored.
Corpus desk
Index EN-renowned · renowned · English
renowned · rank #7,603 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,603
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reconstruction
Nearest frequency peer: reconstruction (-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 “renowned”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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92,398 corpus weight
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What this shows “renowned” 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 | renowned |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈnaʊnd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,603 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “renowned”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around renowned (IPA /ɹɪˈnaʊnd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,603 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Famous, celebrated, or well-known; widely praised or highly honored.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for renowned, with forms such as "ernowned", "rennowned", and "renonwed". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "renown", "rejoined", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is renowned, spelled R-E-N-O-W-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1Famous, celebrated, or well-known; widely praised or highly honored.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how renowned appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The movie Three Stars is about world-renowned chefs.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ernowned
- rennowned
- renonwed
- renowend
- renownde
- renownedd
- renownned
- renowwned
- renwoned
- reonwned
- rneowned
- rrenowned
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of renowned - 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 "renowned", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).