wishlist
/ˈwɪʃ.lɪst/
"wishlist" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wishlist” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,525. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,525
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of wish list.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wishlist · wishlist · English
wishlist · rank #29,525 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,525
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH woulda
Nearest frequency peer: woulda (+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 “wishlist”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- whitish
whitish
70,480 corpus weight
- Wickham
Wickham
70,478 corpus weight
- wishlist
wishlist
70,476 corpus weight
- woulda
woulda
70,475 corpus weight
- Wrexham
Wrexham
70,474 corpus weight
- XM
XM
70,473 corpus weight
What this shows “wishlist” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wishlist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɪʃ.lɪst/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “wishlist”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around wishlist (IPA /ˈwɪʃ.lɪst/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,525 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative form of wish list.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for wishlist, with forms such as "iwshlist", "wihslist", and "wishhlist". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From wish + list. The correct English form is wishlist, spelled W-I-S-H-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of wish list.
Etymology
From wish + list.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwshlist
- wihslist
- wishhlist
- wishilst
- wishlisst
- wishlistt
- wishlits
- wishllist
- wishlsit
- wislhist
- wisshlist
- wsihlist
- wwishlist
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wishlist - 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 "wishlist", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).