world

Where “world” sits in English frequency

Definition

1. 1
   The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.
2. 2
   The subjective human experience, regarded individually.
3. 3
   A majority of people.
4. 4
   The Universe.
5. 5
   The Earth, especially in a geopolitical or cultural context, or as the physical planet.
6. 6
   Any of several possible scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.
7. 7
   (Several) alternative scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.
8. 8
   A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.
9. 9
   A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.
10. 10
    A very large extent of country.
11. 11
    In various mythologies, cosmologies, etc., one of a number of separate realms or regions having different characteristics and occupied by different types of inhabitants.
12. 12
    A fictional realm, such as a planet, containing one or multiple societies of beings, especially intelligent ones.
13. 13
    An individual or group perspective or social setting.
14. 14
    The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.
15. 15
    A subdivision of a game, consisting of a series of stages or levels that usually share a similar environment or theme.
16. 16
    The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot.
17. 17
    A great amount, a lot.
18. 18
    Age, era.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world From Middle English world, from Old English weorold (“world”), from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz (“lifetime, human existence, world”, literally “age/era of man”), equivalent to wer (“man”) + eld (“age”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English mounde (“world”), from Old French monde, munde (“world”). Cognates Cognate with Scots warld (“world”), North Frisian Wārel, wäält, wråål (“world”), Saterland Frisian Waareld (“world”), West Frisian wrâld (“world”), Afrikaans wêreld (“world”), Bavarian Wöd (“world”), Dutch wereld (“world”), German, Luxembourgish Welt (“world”), German Low German Wereld, Werld (“world”), Vilamovian wełt (“world”), Yiddish וועלט (velt, “world”), Danish verden (“world”), Elfdalian wärd (“world”), Faroese verð, verøld (“world”), Icelandic veröld (“world”), Norn vrildan (“the earth”), Norwegian Bokmål verd, verden (“(the) world”), Norwegian Nynorsk verd (“world”), Swedish värld (“world”).

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: owrld,wolrd,wordl,worldd,worlld,worrld,wrold,wworld

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of world - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

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