synapse
/ˈsɪnæps/
"synapse" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“synapse” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,127. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,127
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.
Corpus desk
Index EN-synapse · synapse · English
synapse · rank #39,127 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,127
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH swampy
Nearest frequency peer: swampy (-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 “synapse”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- supercomput…
supercomputer
60,877 corpus weight
- Svetlana
Svetlana
60,876 corpus weight
- swampy
swampy
60,875 corpus weight
- synapse
synapse
60,874 corpus weight
- tasking
tasking
60,872 corpus weight
- tidings
tidings
60,871 corpus weight
What this shows “synapse” 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 | synapse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪnæps/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,127 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “synapse”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around synapse (IPA /ˈsɪnæps/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,127 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for synapse, with forms such as "snyapse", "ssynapse", and "syanpse". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "synapses", "Snape", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”). Introduced by neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington. The correct English form is synapse, spelled S-Y-N-A-P-S-E.
Definition
- 1The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”). Introduced by neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- snyapse
- ssynapse
- syanpse
- synapes
- synappse
- synaspe
- synnapse
- synpase
- syynapse
- ysnapse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of synapse - 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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