treasure
/ˈtɹɛʒə/
"treasure" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“treasure” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #5,460 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,460
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
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 | treasure |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹɛʒə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,460 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “treasure” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for treasure is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtɹɛʒə/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,460 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for treasure, with forms such as "rteasure", "terasure", and "traesure". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "treasury", "treasurer", "treasures", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English tresour, from Old French tresor (“treasury”), from Latin thēsaurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “treasure house”). Mostly displaced native Old English goldhord (See goldhoard) and Old English ġestrēon. … The correct English form is treasure, spelled T-R-E-A-S-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
- 2Anything greatly valued.
- 3Anything greatly valued.
- 4Anything greatly valued.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tresour, from Old French tresor (“treasury”), from Latin thēsaurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “treasure house”). Mostly displaced native Old English goldhord (See goldhoard) and Old English ġestrēon. Doublet of thesaurus.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rteasure,terasure,traesure,treasrue,treassure,treasuer,treasurre,treausre,tresaure,trreasure,ttreasure
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of treasure - 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.
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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Using “treasure”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-R-E-A-S-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtɹɛʒə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “treasury” - see the side-by-side comparison. treasure vs treasury
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.