wahoo
"wahoo" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wahoo” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,140. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,140
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wahoo · wahoo · English
wahoo · rank #49,140 · 6 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,140
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH watercraft
Nearest frequency peer: watercraft (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “wahoo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vitriolic
vitriolic
50,864 corpus weight
- Voight
Voight
50,863 corpus weight
- wahoo
wahoo
50,861 corpus weight
- watercraft
watercraft
50,860 corpus weight
- waterlogged
waterlogged
50,859 corpus weight
- whacking
whacking
50,858 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “wahoo” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | wahoo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #49,140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wahoo” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around wahoo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,140 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for wahoo, with forms such as "awhoo", "wahhoo", and "waho". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "who", "woo", "whom", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Perhaps from Wahoo, an obsolete spelling of Oahu, where the fish is found. The correct English form is wahoo, spelled W-A-H-O-O.
Definition
- 1Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.
Etymology
Perhaps from Wahoo, an obsolete spelling of Oahu, where the fish is found.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awhoo
- wahhoo
- waho
- waoho
- whaoo
- wwahoo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wahoo - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wahoo", 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).
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.