Rhoda
/ˈɹoʊ.də/
"rhoda" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Rhoda” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,997. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,997
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rhoda · Rhoda · English
Rhoda · rank #39,997 · 7 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,997
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH replenishment
Nearest frequency peer: replenishment (-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 “Rhoda”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Redstone
Redstone
60,010 corpus weight
- redux
redux
60,009 corpus weight
- replenished
replenished
60,006 corpus weight
- replenishme…
replenishment
60,005 corpus weight
- Rhoda
Rhoda
60,004 corpus weight
- rosette
rosette
60,000 corpus weight
What this shows “Rhoda” 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 | Rhoda |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹoʊ.də/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Rhoda”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Rhoda (IPA /ˈɹoʊ.də/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #39,997 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A female given name from Ancient Greek.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rhoda, with forms such as "hroda", "rhdoa", and "rhhoda". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "rod", "Roa", "rode", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Ῥόδη (Rhódē, “woman from Rhodes”) or ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”). The correct English form is Rhoda, spelled R-H-O-D-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rhoda appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
'One little girl. Her name is Rhoda.' 'What? Roader?' The others all looked suspicious of a name nobody had ever heard. 'It's in the Bible,' he said.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ῥόδη (Rhódē, “woman from Rhodes”) or ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hroda
- rhdoa
- rhhoda
- rhoad
- rhodda
- rohda
- rrhoda
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rhoda - 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 "Rhoda", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).