Slattery
"slattery" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Slattery” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,663. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,663
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-slattery · Slattery · English
Slattery · rank #45,663 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,663
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Skynet
Nearest frequency peer: Skynet (-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 “Slattery”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- skittish
skittish
54,341 corpus weight
- Skopje
Skopje
54,340 corpus weight
- Skynet
Skynet
54,339 corpus weight
- Slattery
Slattery
54,338 corpus weight
- sleuth
sleuth
54,337 corpus weight
- Slocum
Slocum
54,336 corpus weight
What this shows “Slattery” 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 | Slattery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,663 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Slattery”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Slattery, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #45,663 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Slattery, with forms such as "lsattery", "salttery", and "slatery". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "slavery", "splatter", "slater", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Slatara (“descendant of Slatra”), a byname meaning "strong, robust, bold". The correct English form is Slattery, spelled S-L-A-T-T-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Slatara (“descendant of Slatra”), a byname meaning "strong, robust, bold".
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lsattery
- salttery
- slatery
- slatetry
- slatterry
- slatteryy
- slatteyr
- slattrey
- sllattery
- sltatery
- sslattery
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Slattery - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 (11 here; floor ≥5).