Sulphur

name

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"sulphur" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Sulphur” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,118. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,118
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city, the county seat of Murray County, Oklahoma, United States.

Corpus desk

Index EN-sulphur · Sulphur · English

Sulphur · rank #23,118 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,118
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH streamline

Nearest frequency peer: streamline (-2 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 “Sulphur”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Sulphur” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Sulphur vs sulfur
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Sulphur
PropertyValue
HeadwordSulphur
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,118
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Sulphur”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Sulphurlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “streamline” (#23,116), “Strasbourg” (#23,115), “tacky” (#23,121). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “Sulphur” is #23,118. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Sulphur, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,118 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A city, the county seat of Murray County, Oklahoma, United States.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sulphur, with forms such as "sluphur", "ssulphur", and "sulhpur". 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, "sulfur", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From sulphur. The correct English form is Sulphur, spelled S-U-L-P-H-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city, the county seat of Murray County, Oklahoma, United States.

Etymology

From sulphur.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sluphur
  • ssulphur
  • sulhpur
  • sullphur
  • sulphhur
  • sulphru
  • sulphurr
  • sulpphur
  • sulpuhr
  • suplhur
  • uslphur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sulphur - 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.

sluphur2ssulphur1sulhpur2sullphur1sulphhur1sulphru2sulphurr1sulpphur1
Edit distance from "Sulphur"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sulphur"?
"Sulphur" is spelled S-U-L-P-H-U-R.
What does "Sulphur" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sulphur" means: A city, the county seat of Murray County, Oklahoma, United States.
What words are commonly confused with "Sulphur"?
"Sulphur" is commonly confused with "sulfur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "Sulphur"?
From sulphur. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sulphur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

stalling11 variantssnowball11 variantsshelling11 variantsunloaded11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list