splendour
/ˈsplɛndɚ/
"splendour" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“splendour” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,774. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,774
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - British, Canadian, Ireland, South Africa, Australian, and New Zealand standard spelling of splendor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-splendour · splendour · English
splendour · rank #31,774 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #31,774
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH southside
Nearest frequency peer: southside (-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 “splendour”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- solicited
solicited
68,230 corpus weight
- somatic
somatic
68,229 corpus weight
- southside
southside
68,228 corpus weight
- splendour
splendour
68,227 corpus weight
- Stearns
Stearns
68,225 corpus weight
- steeply
steeply
68,224 corpus weight
What this shows “splendour” 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 | splendour |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsplɛndɚ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “splendour”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around splendour (IPA /ˈsplɛndɚ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,774 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "British, Canadian, Ireland, South Africa, Australian, and New Zealand standard spelling of splendor.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for splendour, with forms such as "pslendour", "slpendour", and "spelndour". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "splendor", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is splendour, spelled S-P-L-E-N-D-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1British, Canadian, Ireland, South Africa, Australian, and New Zealand standard spelling of splendor.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how splendour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If the kind of network we envisage is to be established, it would be unwise to begin any of its services hurriedly with older stock, which, however admirable in its day, now has an air of faded Edwardian splendour that is out of joint with the times.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pslendour
- slpendour
- spelndour
- splednour
- splenddour
- splendoru
- splendourr
- splenduor
- splenndour
- splenodur
- spllendour
- splnedour
- spplendour
- ssplendour
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of splendour - 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 "splendour", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).