waugh
"waugh" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“waugh” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,404. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,404
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insipid; tasteless.
Corpus desk
Index EN-waugh · waugh · English
waugh · rank #31,404 · 7 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,404
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH wank
Nearest frequency peer: wank (-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 “waugh”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- vitally
vitally
68,600 corpus weight
- vixen
vixen
68,599 corpus weight
- wank
wank
68,598 corpus weight
- waugh
waugh
68,597 corpus weight
- Waverley
Waverley
68,596 corpus weight
- WBC
WBC
68,595 corpus weight
What this shows “waugh” 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 | waugh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #31,404 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “waugh”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around waugh, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,404 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Insipid; tasteless.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for waugh, with forms such as "awugh", "waguh", and "wauggh". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "weigh", "wah", "wag", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English walh, from Old English wealg. More at wallow (“tasteless, flat”). The correct English form is waugh, spelled W-A-U-G-H.
Definition
- 1Insipid; tasteless.
Etymology
From Middle English walh, from Old English wealg. More at wallow (“tasteless, flat”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awugh
- waguh
- wauggh
- waughh
- wauhg
- wuagh
- wwaugh
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of waugh - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).