Uriel
"uriel" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Uriel” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,995. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,995
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An archangel in Judaism and Christianity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-uriel · Uriel · English
Uriel · rank #47,995 · 6 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,995
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH urbanism
Nearest frequency peer: urbanism (-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 “Uriel”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- unprocessed
unprocessed
52,009 corpus weight
- unseat
unseat
52,008 corpus weight
- urbanism
urbanism
52,007 corpus weight
- Uriel
Uriel
52,006 corpus weight
- usurper
usurper
52,005 corpus weight
- vamps
vamps
52,003 corpus weight
What this shows “Uriel” 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 | Uriel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #47,995 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Uriel”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Uriel, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,995 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Uriel, with forms such as "ruiel", "uirel", and "ureil". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "URL", "urine", "urinal", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οὐριήλ (Ouriḗl), from Hebrew אוּרִיאֵל (“God is my light”). The correct English form is Uriel, spelled U-R-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1An archangel in Judaism and Christianity.
- 2A male given name from Hebrew.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Uriel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And vnto these things Uriel the Archangel gaue them answere, and said, Euen when the number of seedes is filled in you: for he hath weighed the world in the ballance.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οὐριήλ (Ouriḗl), from Hebrew אוּרִיאֵל (“God is my light”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ruiel
- uirel
- ureil
- uriell
- urile
- urriel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Uriel - 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 "Uriel", 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).