rightwing
"rightwing" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rightwing” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,153. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,153
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Alternative form of right-wing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rightwing · rightwing · English
rightwing · rank #46,153 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,153
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Rickman
Nearest frequency peer: Rickman (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rightwing”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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53,849 corpus weight
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53,848 corpus weight
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53,847 corpus weight
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What this shows Bars show where “rightwing” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rightwing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #46,153 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rightwing” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around rightwing, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,153 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative form of right-wing.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for rightwing, with forms such as "irghtwing", "rgihtwing", and "rigghtwing". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is rightwing, spelled R-I-G-H-T-W-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of right-wing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rightwing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The row started over who will run for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since fallen from grace, and when she left government she took a…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irghtwing
- rgihtwing
- rigghtwing
- righhtwing
- rightiwng
- righttwing
- rightwign
- rightwingg
- rightwinng
- rightwnig
- rightwwing
- righwting
- rigthwing
- rihgtwing
- rrightwing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rightwing - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rightwing", 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 (15 here; floor ≥5).
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.