Willamette
/wɪˈlæmɪt/
"willamette" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Willamette” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,164. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,164
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A river in Oregon, United States, a major tributary of the Columbia River.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Willamette |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /wɪˈlæmɪt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #39,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Willamette” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Willamette (IPA /wɪˈlæmɪt/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #39,164 among 12,113 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A river in Oregon, United States, a major tributary of the Columbia River.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Willamette, with forms such as "iwllamette", "wilalmette", and "wilamette". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a French adaptation of the name of a Clackamas village on the river. The Clackamas spoke a Wasco-Wishram dialect. The correct English form is Willamette, spelled W-I-L-L-A-M-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1A river in Oregon, United States, a major tributary of the Columbia River.
Etymology
From a French adaptation of the name of a Clackamas village on the river. The Clackamas spoke a Wasco-Wishram dialect.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iwllamette,wilalmette,wilamette,willaemtte,willamete,willametet,willammette,willamtete,willmaette,wlilamette,wwillamette
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Willamette - 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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Using “Willamette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-I-L-L-A-M-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /wɪˈlæmɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.