robot
/ˈɹəʊ.bɒt/
"robot" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“robot” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,793. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,793
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.
Corpus desk
Index EN-robot · robot · English
robot · rank #4,793 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,793
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH relate
Nearest frequency peer: relate (-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 “robot”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- pussy
pussy
95,211 corpus weight
- reactions
reactions
95,210 corpus weight
- relate
relate
95,209 corpus weight
- robot
robot
95,208 corpus weight
- sacred
sacred
95,207 corpus weight
- securities
securities
95,206 corpus weight
What this shows “robot” 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 | robot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹəʊ.bɒt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,793 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “robot”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around robot (IPA /ˈɹəʊ.bɒt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,793 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for robot, with forms such as "orbot", "rboot", and "robbot". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rot", "roo", "room", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Robot, from a West Slavic language, ultimately related to Etymology 2, below. The correct English form is robot, spelled R-O-B-O-T.
Definition
- 1A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how robot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“I say again, down with the robot!—he is a dog who yields it!”
Although the robot varied from region to region, it was rarely less than burdensome.
Etymology
From German Robot, from a West Slavic language, ultimately related to Etymology 2, below.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- orbot
- rboot
- robbot
- robott
- robto
- roobt
- rrobot
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of robot - 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 "robot", 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).