weaver
/ˈwiː.və(ɹ)/
"weaver" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“weaver” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,077. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,077
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.
Corpus desk
Index EN-weaver · weaver · English
weaver · rank #13,077 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,077
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Viking
Nearest frequency peer: Viking (-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 “weaver”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ventilation
ventilation
86,926 corpus weight
- Viking
Viking
86,925 corpus weight
- weaver
weaver
86,924 corpus weight
- weber
weber
86,923 corpus weight
- Wes
Wes
86,922 corpus weight
- Williamson
Williamson
86,921 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “weaver” 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 | weaver |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwiː.və(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “weaver” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around weaver (IPA /ˈwiː.və(ɹ)/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,077 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for weaver, with forms such as "ewaver", "waever", and "weaevr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "weber", "webber", "weiner", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English wevere, wever, from Old English *wefere, *wifre, *wæfre (“weaver”, in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *webārī. By surface analysis, weave + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Weeuwer (“weaver”), Dutch wever (“weaver”), German Low German… The correct English form is weaver, spelled W-E-A-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.
- 2A horizontal strand of material used in basket weaving.
- 3A weaverbird.
- 4An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus.
- 5Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs.
- 6Any of certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how weaver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Silks, varniſh'd Works, Ink, Paper, and in general every thing that comes, both from Nan-king and the other Cities of the Province, which carry on an aſtoniſhing Trade, is much more eſteem'd and dear, than what is brought from other Provinces. In the City Shang-hay only, and the Villages belonging to it, they reckon above 200,000 Weavers of Callico.
To add a new weaver, simply soak a new one, slide one end under a rib (over the old weaver) and continue weaving with both of them until the old one runs out. […] If your weaver has dried, rewet it and weave several rows as in Diagram 26.
Etymology
From Middle English wevere, wever, from Old English *wefere, *wifre, *wæfre (“weaver”, in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *webārī. By surface analysis, weave + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Weeuwer (“weaver”), Dutch wever (“weaver”), German Low German Wever (“weaver”), German Weber (“weaver”), Swedish vävare (“weaver”), Icelandic vefari (“weaver”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewaver
- waever
- weaevr
- weaverr
- weavre
- weavver
- wevaer
- wweaver
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weaver - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "weaver", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "weaver" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "weber". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #13,077 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.