teddy
/ˈtɛdi/
"teddy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“teddy” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,615. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,615
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abbreviation of teddy bear.
Corpus desk
Index EN-teddy · teddy · English
teddy · rank #8,615 · 6 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,615
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH sucking
Nearest frequency peer: sucking (-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 “teddy”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- stressful
stressful
91,389 corpus weight
- stretched
stretched
91,388 corpus weight
- sucking
sucking
91,387 corpus weight
- teddy
teddy
91,386 corpus weight
- terrace
terrace
91,384 corpus weight
- thief
thief
91,383 corpus weight
What this shows “teddy” 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 | teddy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɛdi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,615 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “teddy”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around teddy (IPA /ˈtɛdi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,615 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for teddy, with forms such as "etddy", "tdedy", and "teddyy". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "tend", "Todd", "tidy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: See teddy bear. The correct English form is teddy, spelled T-E-D-D-Y.
Definition
- 1Abbreviation of teddy bear.
- 2Any stuffed toy.
Etymology
See teddy bear.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etddy
- tdedy
- teddyy
- tedy
- tedyd
- tteddy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of teddy - 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 "teddy", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).