youngster
/ˈjʌŋstə/
"youngster" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“youngster” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,545. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,545
- frequency rank, English
- 366
- “Y” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A young person.
Corpus desk
Index EN-youngster · youngster · English
youngster · rank #20,545 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #20,545
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 366
- PHOTO-FINISH Wilkes
Nearest frequency peer: Wilkes (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “youngster”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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venerable
79,462 corpus weight
- visualize
visualize
79,461 corpus weight
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Vulcan
79,460 corpus weight
- wasteful
wasteful
79,459 corpus weight
- Wilkes
Wilkes
79,457 corpus weight
- youngster
youngster
79,456 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “youngster” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | youngster |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈjʌŋstə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,545 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “youngster” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around youngster (IPA /ˈjʌŋstə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,545 among 366 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A young person.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for youngster, with forms such as "oyungster", "yonugster", and "yougnster". 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, "younger", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From young + -ster. Attested from the early 17th century. The correct English form is youngster, spelled Y-O-U-N-G-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A young person.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how youngster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
‘Cook-housekeeper jobs don’t grow on trees,’ went on the woman, ‘leastways not where you can keep a youngster with you.’ [...] ‘Do you mean,’ stammered Jess, ‘that you are . . .?’ ‘Cook-housekeeper,’ the woman nodded. ‘Aren’t I telling you? It’s all confirmed!’ ‘And the youngster – me?’ asked Jessamy. ‘Well, whoever else you silly child!’ said the houseke…
Etymology
From young + -ster. Attested from the early 17th century.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oyungster
- yonugster
- yougnster
- younggster
- youngsetr
- youngsster
- youngsterr
- youngstre
- youngstter
- youngtser
- younngster
- younsgter
- yuongster
- yyoungster
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of youngster - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "youngster", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "younger". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #20,545 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "Y" letter cohort. Y–Z browse
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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.