Wilfred
/ˈwɪlfɹɪd/
"wilfred" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Wilfred” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,699. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,699
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Old English, popular in the U.K. in the early twentieth century.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wilfred · Wilfred · English
Wilfred · rank #27,699 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,699
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Whitehouse
Nearest frequency peer: Whitehouse (-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 “Wilfred”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- westbound
westbound
72,305 corpus weight
- westerly
westerly
72,304 corpus weight
- Whitehouse
Whitehouse
72,303 corpus weight
- Wilfred
Wilfred
72,302 corpus weight
- Wilton
Wilton
72,301 corpus weight
- winch
winch
72,300 corpus weight
What this shows “Wilfred” 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 | Wilfred |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɪlfɹɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,699 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Wilfred”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Wilfred (IPA /ˈwɪlfɹɪd/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,699 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A male given name from Old English, popular in the U.K. in the early twentieth century.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wilfred, with forms such as "iwlfred", "wiflred", and "wilferd". 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. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "wired", "willed", "wilted", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: The name of two early Anglo-Saxon saints Wilfriþ, from Old English wil (“will”) + friþ (“peace”). The correct English form is Wilfred, spelled W-I-L-F-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Old English, popular in the U.K. in the early twentieth century.
Etymology
The name of two early Anglo-Saxon saints Wilfriþ, from Old English wil (“will”) + friþ (“peace”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwlfred
- wiflred
- wilferd
- wilffred
- wilfrde
- wilfredd
- wilfrred
- willfred
- wilrfed
- wlifred
- wwilfred
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wilfred - 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 "Wilfred", 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).