tundra
/ˈtʌndɹə/
"tundra" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tundra” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,287. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,287
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A flat and treeless Arctic biome.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tundra · tundra · English
tundra · rank #26,287 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,287
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tunic
Nearest frequency peer: tunic (+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 “tundra”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- tiresome
tiresome
73,718 corpus weight
- toolkit
toolkit
73,716 corpus weight
- tundra
tundra
73,714 corpus weight
- tunic
tunic
73,713 corpus weight
- tweaked
tweaked
73,712 corpus weight
- uncompromis…
uncompromising
73,710 corpus weight
What this shows “tundra” 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 | tundra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtʌndɹə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,287 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “tundra”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around tundra (IPA /ˈtʌndɹə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,287 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tundra, with forms such as "tnudra", "ttundra", and "tudnra". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "tuner", "tuna", "tantra", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Russian ту́ндра (túndra), from Kildin Sami тӯндрэ (tūndre), the accusative and genitive form of тӯндар (tūndar). The correct English form is tundra, spelled T-U-N-D-R-A.
Definition
- 1A flat and treeless Arctic biome.
- 2A long stretch of something, such as time.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tundra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The hut's walls rose without difficulty, and everything went smoothly until the problem of the roof confronted me. Of what use the four walls without a roof? And of what could a roof be made? There were the spare oars, very true. They would serve as roof-beams; but with what was I to cover them? Moss would never do. Tundra grass was impracticable. We need…
His wife and he were childhood sweethearts; he had known her for 25 years. (He will call her “my wife” throughout, just as he cannot bear to name his two sons, however carefully and lovingly he will eventually describe them. They remain “the older one” and “the younger one.”) There are tundras of time for him to cross and cross again as he recalls their l…
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian ту́ндра (túndra), from Kildin Sami тӯндрэ (tūndre), the accusative and genitive form of тӯндар (tūndar).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- tnudra
- ttundra
- tudnra
- tundar
- tunddra
- tundrra
- tunndra
- tunrda
- utndra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tundra - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).