schedule
/ˈʃɛd͡ʒuːl/
"schedule" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“schedule” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,178. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,178
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.
Corpus desk
Index EN-schedule · schedule · English
schedule · rank #2,178 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,178
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH saved
Nearest frequency peer: saved (-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 “schedule”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- requires
requires
97,826 corpus weight
- route
route
97,825 corpus weight
- saved
saved
97,824 corpus weight
- schedule
schedule
97,823 corpus weight
- scientific
scientific
97,822 corpus weight
- shoes
shoes
97,821 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “schedule” 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 | schedule |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃɛd͡ʒuːl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schedule” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around schedule (IPA /ˈʃɛd͡ʒuːl/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,178 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for schedule, with forms such as "cshedule", "scchedule", and "scehdule". 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, "scheduled", "scheduler", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English cedule, from Middle French cedule (whence French cédule), from Old French cedule, from Late Latin schedula (“papyrus strip”), diminutive of Latin scheda, from Ancient Greek σχέδη (skhédē, “papyrus leaf”), from Proto-Hellenic *s… The correct English form is schedule, spelled S-C-H-E-D-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.
- 2A serial record of items, systematically arranged.
- 3A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract.
- 4A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract.
- 5A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract.
- 6An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources.
- 7A slip of paper; a short note.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schedule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To complete on time, we must follow the schedule.
schedule of tribes
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cedule, from Middle French cedule (whence French cédule), from Old French cedule, from Late Latin schedula (“papyrus strip”), diminutive of Latin scheda, from Ancient Greek σχέδη (skhédē, “papyrus leaf”), from Proto-Hellenic *skʰíďďō, from Proto-Indo-European *skid-yé-ti, from *skeyd- (“to divide, split”). Doublet of cedula and cedule. This word was historically pronounced /ˈsɛdjuːl/, /ˈsɛdʒuːl/; the pronunciations with /ʃ/ and /sk/ are due to the spelling (the latter may have been reinforced by learned influence); compare schism.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cshedule
- scchedule
- scehdule
- schdeule
- scheddule
- schedlue
- scheduel
- schedulle
- scheudle
- schhedule
- shcedule
- sschedule
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of schedule - 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
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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).
What to do next
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- "schedule" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "scheduled". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,178 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "S" letter cohort. S–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.