wombat
/ˈwɑmˌbæt/
"wombat" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wombat” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,564. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,564
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wombat · wombat · English
wombat · rank #48,564 · 9 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,564
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH woolsey
Nearest frequency peer: woolsey (+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 “wombat”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- watchable
watchable
51,442 corpus weight
- wherewithal
wherewithal
51,440 corpus weight
- whined
whined
51,439 corpus weight
- wombat
wombat
51,437 corpus weight
- woolsey
woolsey
51,436 corpus weight
- workweek
workweek
51,435 corpus weight
What this shows “wombat” 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 | wombat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɑmˌbæt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “wombat”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around wombat (IPA /ˈwɑmˌbæt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,564 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for wombat, with forms such as "owmbat", "wmobat", and "wobmat". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "womb", "woman", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Dharug wumbat. The correct English form is wombat, spelled W-O-M-B-A-T.
Definition
- 1Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.
- 2A slow and stupid person; a dullard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how wombat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An American tourist who was reportedly filmed picking up and running off with a wild baby wombat fled Australia after officials threatened to cancel her visa in a firestorm of criticism over the incident. […] It’s not clear when the video was shot, nor the location, but it was at night on what appears to be a country road somewhere in southeastern Austral…
Etymology
Borrowed from Dharug wumbat.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- owmbat
- wmobat
- wobmat
- womabt
- wombatt
- wombbat
- wombta
- wommbat
- wwombat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wombat - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "wombat", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).