spacecraft
/ˈspeɪsˌkɹæft/
"spacecraft" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spacecraft” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,448. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,448
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A vehicle that travels through space.
Corpus desk
Index EN-spacecraft · spacecraft · English
spacecraft · rank #10,448 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,448
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH specification
Nearest frequency peer: specification (+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 “spacecraft”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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89,555 corpus weight
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89,553 corpus weight
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89,552 corpus weight
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What this shows “spacecraft” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spacecraft |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈspeɪsˌkɹæft/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #10,448 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “spacecraft”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around spacecraft (IPA /ˈspeɪsˌkɹæft/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,448 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A vehicle that travels through space.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for spacecraft, with forms such as "psacecraft", "sapcecraft", and "spaccecraft". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From space + -craft. The correct English form is spacecraft, spelled S-P-A-C-E-C-R-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1A vehicle that travels through space.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spacecraft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Today, Velcro is used for everything from keeping astronauts from floating off the floor of their spacecrafts to keeping artificial hearts in place, as well as the more mundane tasks of fastening clothing.
The object appeared after a series of routine prelanding procedures in which the crew tested the steering jets, a test that often shakes loose objects from the spacecraft.
Etymology
From space + -craft.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- psacecraft
- sapcecraft
- spaccecraft
- spacceraft
- spacecarft
- spaceccraft
- spacecrafft
- spacecraftt
- spacecratf
- spacecrfat
- spacecrraft
- spacercaft
- spaeccraft
- spcaecraft
- sppacecraft
- sspacecraft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spacecraft - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "spacecraft", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).