superhuman
"superhuman" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“superhuman” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,228. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,228
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beyond what is possible for a human being.
Corpus desk
Index EN-superhuman · superhuman · English
superhuman · rank #25,228 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #25,228
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sully
Nearest frequency peer: sully (-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 “superhuman”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- subsistence
subsistence
74,776 corpus weight
- subterranean
subterranean
74,775 corpus weight
- sully
sully
74,774 corpus weight
- superhuman
superhuman
74,773 corpus weight
- synchroniza…
synchronization
74,772 corpus weight
- Tajikistan
Tajikistan
74,771 corpus weight
What this shows “superhuman” 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 | superhuman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #25,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “superhuman”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around superhuman, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,228 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Beyond what is possible for a human being.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for superhuman, with forms such as "spuerhuman", "ssuperhuman", and "sueprhuman". 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, "superman", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Medieval Latin superhūmānus. By surface analysis, super- + human. The correct English form is superhuman, spelled S-U-P-E-R-H-U-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Beyond what is possible for a human being.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how superhuman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
How often, during her young life, had she looked upon the face of the dead!—it was now almost more familiar than the living. Again she marked the still repose, the calm, cold hue, the superhuman beauty, the look which is not of this world, here strongly contrasted by the troubled countenance of Lord Avonleigh.
An extraordinary character at the head of a leading power in Europe will be the immediate instrumentality in organizing the coming Roman Empire; but extraordinary occasions always bring out such. The great Napoleon, and the Imperial Confederation which he organized, afford an illustration. But the head of the Revived Roman Empire will be, in many respects…
Etymology
From Medieval Latin superhūmānus. By surface analysis, super- + human.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- spuerhuman
- ssuperhuman
- sueprhuman
- supehruman
- superhhuman
- superhmuan
- superhuamn
- superhumann
- superhumman
- superhumna
- superrhuman
- superuhman
- supperhuman
- suprehuman
- usperhuman
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of superhuman - 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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Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).