WordPress
"wordpress" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“WordPress” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,645. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,645
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A content management system used to create websites of all kinds, especially blogs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wordpress · WordPress · English
WordPress · rank #13,645 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #13,645
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH winger
Nearest frequency peer: winger (-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 “WordPress”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- watering
watering
86,361 corpus weight
- wellness
wellness
86,360 corpus weight
- windy
windy
86,358 corpus weight
- winger
winger
86,357 corpus weight
- WordPress
WordPress
86,356 corpus weight
- Abby
Abby
86,352 corpus weight
What this shows “WordPress” 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 | WordPress |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “WordPress”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around WordPress, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,645 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how WordPress appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In mid-1999 the first free build-your-own-web log tools began appearing and suddenly there were a large variety of easy to use blogging software to choose from including remote web log systems like Blogger a turnkey service offered by Google or stand-alone open source applications such as WordPress.
With the free Scripts Installer included in the Unlimited Hosting plan, customers can easily install a wide range of open source applications such as Wordpress,^([sic]) Joomla!, Drupal, PhpBB,^([sic]) Mambo, Php-Nuke,^([sic]) Zen Cart, Magento, just to name a few.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).