WordPress
"wordpress" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“WordPress” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #13,645 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #13,645
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A content management system used to create websites of all kinds, especially blogs.
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 | WordPress |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “WordPress” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for WordPress is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #13,645 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A content management system used to create websites of all kinds, especially blogs.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for WordPress, with forms such as "owrdpress", "wodrpress", and "worddpress". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "wordless", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From word + press. Coined by Christine Tremoulet, a friend of the co-founder Matt Mullenweg, who recalled the details in her podcast: He pointed out that he really liked the idea of it being somehow related to the printing press, because the printing press,… The correct English form is WordPress, spelled W-O-R-D-P-R-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1A content management system used to create websites of all kinds, especially blogs.
Etymology
From word + press. Coined by Christine Tremoulet, a friend of the co-founder Matt Mullenweg, who recalled the details in her podcast: He pointed out that he really liked the idea of it being somehow related to the printing press, because the printing press, so many years ago, revolutionized the power of the people because books became accessible, they were no longer so expensive and he truly believed in the power of blogging and this blogging software that he was working on… and really, out of nowhere, it suddenly hit me. I was like, WordPress!
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: owrdpress,wodrpress,worddpress,wordperss,wordppress,wordpres,wordprress,wordprses,wordrpess,worpdress,worrdpress,wrodpress,wwordpress
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of WordPress - 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 “WordPress”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-O-R-D-P-R-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “wordless” - see the side-by-side comparison. WordPress vs wordless
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.