wardrobe
/ˈwɔːdɹəʊb/
"wardrobe" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wardrobe” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #9,692 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,692
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wardrobe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɔːdɹəʊb/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wardrobe” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for wardrobe is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈwɔːdɹəʊb/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,692 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for wardrobe, with forms such as "awrdrobe", "wadrrobe", and "warddrobe". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English warderobe, from Old Northern French warderoube, wardereube, northern variants of Old French garderobe, from garder (“to keep safe”) + robe. Subsequently influenced by various senses of garderobe as they developed in French. Doublet of ga… The correct English form is wardrobe, spelled W-A-R-D-R-O-B-E.
Definition
- 1A room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom.
- 2A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.
- 3The building housing such a department.
- 4Any closet used for storing anything.
- 5A room for keeping costumes and other property safe at a theater; a prop room.
- 6The department of a theater, movie studio, etc which purchases, keeps, and cares for costumes; its staff; its room(s) or building(s).
- 7A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.
- 8A tall built-in cupboard or closet for storing clothes, often including a rail for coat-hangers, and usually located in a bedroom.
- 9Anything that similarly stores or houses something.
- 10The contents of a wardrobe: an individual's entire collection of clothing.
- 11Any collection of clothing.
- 12Any collection of anything.
- 13A private chamber, particularly one used for sleeping or (euphemistic) urinating and defecating.
- 14Badger feces, particularly used in tracking game.
Etymology
From Middle English warderobe, from Old Northern French warderoube, wardereube, northern variants of Old French garderobe, from garder (“to keep safe”) + robe. Subsequently influenced by various senses of garderobe as they developed in French. Doublet of garderobe.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: awrdrobe,wadrrobe,warddrobe,wardorbe,wardrboe,wardrobbe,wardroeb,wardrrobe,warrdobe,warrdrobe,wradrobe,wwardrobe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wardrobe - 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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Using “wardrobe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-A-R-D-R-O-B-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈwɔːdɹəʊb/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.