wildest
"wildest" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wildest” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,424. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,424
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - superlative form of wild: most wild
Corpus desk
Index EN-wildest · wildest · English
wildest · rank #21,424 · 11 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,424
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Wilbur
Nearest frequency peer: Wilbur (-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 “wildest”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- whirlwind
whirlwind
78,580 corpus weight
- Whitaker
Whitaker
78,579 corpus weight
- Wilbur
Wilbur
78,578 corpus weight
- wildest
wildest
78,577 corpus weight
- winnings
winnings
78,576 corpus weight
- wis
wis
78,575 corpus weight
What this shows “wildest” 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 | wildest |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “wildest”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around wildest, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,424 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "superlative form of wild: most wild".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for wildest, with forms such as "iwldest", "widlest", and "wilddest". 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. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "wilds", "Wiles", "Wilkes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is wildest, spelled W-I-L-D-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1superlative form of wild: most wild
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how wildest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On March 9, 1903, an extension, 50 miles in length, was opened from Letterkenny to the remote outpost of Burtonport, a small township on the shores of the Atlantic in the far north-west corner of Co. Donegal, running through some of the wildest and bleakest parts of the country.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwldest
- widlest
- wilddest
- wildesst
- wildestt
- wildets
- wildset
- wiledst
- willdest
- wlidest
- wwildest
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wildest - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wildest", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).