Waldorf
"waldorf" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Waldorf” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,354. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,354
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clipping of Waldorf salad.
Corpus desk
Index EN-waldorf · Waldorf · English
Waldorf · rank #24,354 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #24,354
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH ville
Nearest frequency peer: ville (-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 “Waldorf”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- vacate
vacate
75,650 corpus weight
- venting
venting
75,649 corpus weight
- ville
ville
75,648 corpus weight
- Waldorf
Waldorf
75,647 corpus weight
- warring
warring
75,646 corpus weight
- wetland
wetland
75,645 corpus weight
What this shows “Waldorf” 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 | Waldorf |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,354 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Waldorf”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Waldorf, anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,354 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Clipping of Waldorf salad.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Waldorf, with forms such as "awldorf", "wadlorf", and "walddorf". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "waldo", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Ultimately from the German town name, Walldorf. The correct English form is Waldorf, spelled W-A-L-D-O-R-F.
Definition
- 1Clipping of Waldorf salad.
Etymology
Ultimately from the German town name, Walldorf.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awldorf
- wadlorf
- walddorf
- waldofr
- waldorff
- waldorrf
- waldrof
- walldorf
- walodrf
- wladorf
- wwaldorf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Waldorf - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).