Wyoming
/waɪˈəʊmɪŋ/
"wyoming" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Wyoming” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,989. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,989
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Cheyenne.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wyoming · Wyoming · English
Wyoming · rank #9,989 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,989
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Worms
Nearest frequency peer: Worms (-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 “Wyoming”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- wherein
wherein
90,015 corpus weight
- whiskey
whiskey
90,014 corpus weight
- Worms
Worms
90,013 corpus weight
- Wyoming
Wyoming
90,012 corpus weight
- AAA
AAA
90,011 corpus weight
- abundant
abundant
90,010 corpus weight
What this shows “Wyoming” 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 | Wyoming |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /waɪˈəʊmɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Wyoming”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Wyoming (IPA /waɪˈəʊmɪŋ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,989 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 18 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wyoming, with forms such as "woyming", "wwyoming", and "wymoing". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "wooing", "Woking", "warming", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: The state is named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, which derives its name from Munsee xwé:wamənk (literally “at the big river flat”). The village of Wyoming, Plympton Township, Ontario, Canada may have a different origin: "...to the Chippewas, the… The correct English form is Wyoming, spelled W-Y-O-M-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Cheyenne.
- 2A number of other places in the United States:
- 3A number of other places in the United States:
- 4A number of other places in the United States:
- 5A number of other places in the United States:
- 6A number of other places in the United States:
- 7A number of other places in the United States:
- 8A number of other places in the United States:
- 9A number of other places in the United States:
- 10A number of other places in the United States:
- 11A number of other places in the United States:
- 12A number of other places in the United States:
- 13A number of other places in the United States:
- 14A number of other places in the United States:
- 15A number of other places in the United States:
- 16A number of other places in the United States:
- 17A suburb of the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia.
- 18A former village in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now part of the town of Plympton-Wyoming.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Wyoming appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Wyoming, a GOP state senator forwarded an FGA draft bill to Secretary of State Chuck Gray that would prohibit sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.
Etymology
The state is named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, which derives its name from Munsee xwé:wamənk (literally “at the big river flat”). The village of Wyoming, Plympton Township, Ontario, Canada may have a different origin: "...to the Chippewas, the 'oat planters' were known as moonooming. The white settlers took this to sound like 'Wyoming.'"
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- woyming
- wwyoming
- wymoing
- wyoimng
- wyomign
- wyomingg
- wyominng
- wyomming
- wyomnig
- wyyoming
- ywoming
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wyoming - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).