rosary
/ˈɹoʊzəɹi/
"rosary" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rosary” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,661. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,661
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly of the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria).
Corpus desk
Index EN-rosary · rosary · English
rosary · rank #23,661 · 9 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,661
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Rockford
Nearest frequency peer: Rockford (-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 “rosary”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- roadmap
roadmap
76,343 corpus weight
- Roberta
Roberta
76,342 corpus weight
- Rockford
Rockford
76,341 corpus weight
- rosary
rosary
76,340 corpus weight
- rundown
rundown
76,339 corpus weight
- ruse
ruse
76,337 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rosary” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | rosary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹoʊzəɹi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,661 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rosary” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around rosary (IPA /ˈɹoʊzəɹi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,661 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rosary, with forms such as "orsary", "roasry", and "rosarry". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "rosy", "rotary", "rosemary", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English rosarie, from Latin rosārium, here in its sense as a garland of roses. The coin usage referred to the laurel wreath appearing on the obverse bust, as opposed to the bare head on the pollard. Doublet of Rosario and rosarium. The correct English form is rosary, spelled R-O-S-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly of the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria).
- 2A Roman Catholic devotion involving the repetition of a series of Marian prayers, usually 5, 15, or 20 decades of "Hail Marys", each decade beginning with "Our Father" and ending with "Glory Be to the Father", but sometimes including other Roman Catholic, Anglican, or Lutheran prayers.
- 3A series or collection of thoughts, literary pieces, etc. intended for similar contemplation.
- 4A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a counterfeit debased form of the sterling silver penny of Edward I, at first accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
- 5A rose garden.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rosary appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Every day propound to yourself a rosary or a chaplet of good works, to present to God at night.
Etymology
From Middle English rosarie, from Latin rosārium, here in its sense as a garland of roses. The coin usage referred to the laurel wreath appearing on the obverse bust, as opposed to the bare head on the pollard. Doublet of Rosario and rosarium.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- orsary
- roasry
- rosarry
- rosaryy
- rosayr
- rosray
- rossary
- rrosary
- rsoary
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rosary - 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 "rosary", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "rosary" maps to 8 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "rosy". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #23,661 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
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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.