sitcom
/ˈsɪtˌkɒm/
"sitcom" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sitcom” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,022
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Situation comedy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sitcom · sitcom · English
sitcom · rank #14,022 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #14,022
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH slang
Nearest frequency peer: slang (+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 “sitcom”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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sewage
85,984 corpus weight
- sitcom
sitcom
85,979 corpus weight
- slang
slang
85,978 corpus weight
- slid
slid
85,977 corpus weight
- spices
spices
85,975 corpus weight
- spirited
spirited
85,974 corpus weight
What this shows “sitcom” 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 | sitcom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪtˌkɒm/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sitcom”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around sitcom (IPA /ˈsɪtˌkɒm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,022 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Situation comedy.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sitcom, with forms such as "istcom", "sictom", and "sitccom". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Simcoe", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Shortening of situation comedy. The correct English form is sitcom, spelled S-I-T-C-O-M.
Definition
- 1Situation comedy.
Etymology
Shortening of situation comedy.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- istcom
- sictom
- sitccom
- sitcmo
- sitcomm
- sitocm
- sittcom
- ssitcom
- sticom
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sitcom - 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
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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).