slander
/ˈslɑːndə/
"slander" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“slander” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,695. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,695
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-slander · slander · English
slander · rank #18,695 · 11 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,695
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sinful
Nearest frequency peer: sinful (-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 “slander”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- showcasing
showcasing
81,309 corpus weight
- sincerity
sincerity
81,308 corpus weight
- sinful
sinful
81,307 corpus weight
- slander
slander
81,306 corpus weight
- sleek
sleek
81,305 corpus weight
- slew
slew
81,304 corpus weight
What this shows “slander” 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 | slander |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈslɑːndə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,695 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “slander”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around slander (IPA /ˈslɑːndə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,695 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for slander, with forms such as "lsander", "salnder", and "sladner". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "slater", "slayer", "slider", 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 Middle English slaundre, sclaundre, from Old French esclandre, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“stumbling block, temptation”), from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, “scandal”). Doublet of scandal. The correct English form is slander, spelled S-L-A-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
Etymology
From Middle English slaundre, sclaundre, from Old French esclandre, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“stumbling block, temptation”), from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, “scandal”). Doublet of scandal.
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This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lsander
- salnder
- sladner
- slandder
- slanderr
- slandre
- slanedr
- slannder
- sllander
- slnader
- sslander
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of slander - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).