snowy
/ˈsnəʊi/
"snowy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“snowy” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,913
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marked by snow; characterized by snow.
Corpus desk
Index EN-snowy · snowy · English
snowy · rank #15,913 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,913
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH smear
Nearest frequency peer: smear (-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 “snowy”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- siren
siren
84,092 corpus weight
- slater
slater
84,091 corpus weight
- sleeper
sleeper
84,090 corpus weight
- smear
smear
84,089 corpus weight
- snowy
snowy
84,088 corpus weight
- spectral
spectral
84,086 corpus weight
What this shows “snowy” 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 | snowy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsnəʊi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #15,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “snowy”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around snowy (IPA /ˈsnəʊi/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,913 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for snowy, with forms such as "nsowy", "snnowy", and "snowwy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "soy", "sow", "Sony", 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 snowy, snawy, from Old English snāwiġ. By surface analysis, snow + -y. The correct English form is snowy, spelled S-N-O-W-Y.
Definition
- 1Marked by snow; characterized by snow.
- 2Covered with snow; snow-covered; besnowed.
- 3Snow-white in color, white as snow.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how snowy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
snowy hillside
So we continue climbing to the saddle of the Kleine Scheidegg, where ahead there comes into view the wide expanse of the Grindelwald valley, backed by the snowy crown of the Wetterhorn.
Etymology
From Middle English snowy, snawy, from Old English snāwiġ. By surface analysis, snow + -y.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nsowy
- snnowy
- snowwy
- snowyy
- snoyw
- snwoy
- sonwy
- ssnowy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of snowy - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "snowy", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).