Westinghouse
/ˈwɛs.tɪŋ.haʊs/
"westinghouse" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Westinghouse” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,651. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,651
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname, notably that of George Westinghouse.
Corpus desk
Index EN-westinghouse · Westinghouse · English
Westinghouse · rank #30,651 · 18 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,651
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 12,113
- PHOTO-FINISH what'd
Nearest frequency peer: what'd (+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 “Westinghouse”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wack
wack
69,355 corpus weight
- Westinghouse
Westinghouse
69,350 corpus weight
- what'd
what'd
69,349 corpus weight
- whirl
whirl
69,348 corpus weight
- widget
widget
69,347 corpus weight
- wineries
wineries
69,346 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Westinghouse” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Westinghouse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɛs.tɪŋ.haʊs/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #30,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Westinghouse” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around Westinghouse (IPA /ˈwɛs.tɪŋ.haʊs/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #30,651 among 12,113 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname, notably that of George Westinghouse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Westinghouse, with forms such as "ewstinghouse", "wesitnghouse", and "wesstinghouse". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Westinghouse, spelled W-E-S-T-I-N-G-H-O-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1A surname, notably that of George Westinghouse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewstinghouse
- wesitnghouse
- wesstinghouse
- westignhouse
- westingghouse
- westinghhouse
- westinghosue
- westinghoues
- westinghousse
- westinghuose
- westingohuse
- westinhgouse
- westinnghouse
- westnighouse
- westtinghouse
- wetsinghouse
- wsetinghouse
- wwestinghouse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Westinghouse - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 May 6, 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 "Westinghouse", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 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.