voyager

noun

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"voyager" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“voyager” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,992. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,992
frequency rank, English
969
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who voyages, traveller, a person who explores new lands and worlds.

Corpus desk

Index EN-voyager · voyager · English

voyager · rank #18,992 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #18,992
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 969
  • PHOTO-FINISH vowel

Nearest frequency peer: vowel (-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 “voyager”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “voyager” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

voyager vs voyage
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for voyager
PropertyValue
Headwordvoyager
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,992
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “voyager”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).voyagerlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “vowel” (#18,991), “weirdo” (#18,993), “Weld” (#18,994). Among 969 “V” headwords, “voyager” is #18,992. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around voyager, anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,992 among 969 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A person who voyages, traveller, a person who explores new lands and worlds.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for voyager, with forms such as "ovyager", "voayger", and "voyaegr". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "voyage", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From voyage + -er. The correct English form is voyager, spelled V-O-Y-A-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person who voyages, traveller, a person who explores new lands and worlds.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how voyager appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. This rudeness and official punctilio, however, brought forth a storm of protest from my fellow voyagers.

Etymology

From voyage + -er.

Synonyms

traveller

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovyager
  • voayger
  • voyaegr
  • voyagerr
  • voyagger
  • voyagre
  • voygaer
  • voyyager
  • vvoyager
  • vyoager

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of voyager - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ovyager2voayger2voyaegr2voyagerr1voyagger1voyagre2voygaer2voyyager1
Edit distance from "voyager"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voyager"?
"voyager" is spelled V-O-Y-A-G-E-R.
What does "voyager" mean?
As a noun, "voyager" means: A person who voyages, traveller, a person who explores new lands and worlds.
What words are commonly confused with "voyager"?
"voyager" is commonly confused with "voyage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "voyager"?
From voyage + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "voyager", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list