Wilhelmina
/ˌwɪl.əˈmiːn.ə/
"wilhelmina" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Wilhelmina” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,724. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,724
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from German, masculine equivalent Wilhelm.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wilhelmina · Wilhelmina · English
Wilhelmina · rank #49,724 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,724
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH wickedly
Nearest frequency peer: wickedly (-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 “Wilhelmina”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- whisker
whisker
50,280 corpus weight
- whorl
whorl
50,279 corpus weight
- wickedly
wickedly
50,278 corpus weight
- Wilhelmina
Wilhelmina
50,277 corpus weight
- Willey
Willey
50,276 corpus weight
- wordy
wordy
50,274 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Wilhelmina” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wilhelmina |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌwɪl.əˈmiːn.ə/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #49,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wilhelmina” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Wilhelmina (IPA /ˌwɪl.əˈmiːn.ə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #49,724 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A female given name from German, masculine equivalent Wilhelm.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wilhelmina, with forms such as "iwlhelmina", "wihlelmina", and "wilehlmina". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Wilhelmina, equivalent to Wilhelm + -ina. The correct English form is Wilhelmina, spelled W-I-L-H-E-L-M-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from German, masculine equivalent Wilhelm.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wilhelmina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She comforted herself however, on the first appearance of her pregnancy, that so odious a surname should be qualified in her children with the genteelest and most elegant Christian names that history or romance could supply. - - - My eldest sister, who came into the world a year after, was called Wilhelmina Charlotta, the second Penthesilea, the third Tel…
‘Wilhelmina’—I knew then that he was in deadly earnest, for he has never called me by that name since he asked me to marry him—‘you know, dear, my ideas of the trust between husband and wife: there should be no secret, no concealment.[…]’
Etymology
Borrowed from German Wilhelmina, equivalent to Wilhelm + -ina.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwlhelmina
- wihlelmina
- wilehlmina
- wilhelimna
- wilhellmina
- wilhelmian
- wilhelminna
- wilhelmmina
- wilhelmnia
- wilhemlina
- wilhhelmina
- wilhlemina
- willhelmina
- wlihelmina
- wwilhelmina
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wilhelmina - 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.
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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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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.