acer
/ˈeɪsə/
"acer" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“acer” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #24,367) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #24,367
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A plant of the genus Acer; a maple.
Corpus desk
Index EN-acer · acer · English
acer · rank #24,367 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,367
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH abomination
Nearest frequency peer: abomination (-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 “acer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- abode
abode
75,636 corpus weight
- abomination
abomination
75,635 corpus weight
- acer
acer
75,634 corpus weight
- ACS
ACS
75,633 corpus weight
- acutely
acutely
75,632 corpus weight
- adhering
adhering
75,630 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “acer” 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 | acer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈeɪsə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #24,367 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acer” sits in English frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for acer is neighbouring look-alikes ("AR", "AE", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈeɪsə/. Frequency #24,367 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Gloss: "A plant of the genus Acer; a maple.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for acer, with forms such as "accer", "acerr", and "aecr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "AR", "AE", "are", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the genus name. The correct English form is acer, spelled A-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1A plant of the genus Acer; a maple.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how acer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the plantations to which we allude, there were also some American acers and the Norway maple, exhibiting dark reds and rich yellows.
Etymology
From the genus name.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- accer
- acerr
- aecr
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acer - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "acer" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "AR". View pair
- 3 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #24,367 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "A" letter cohort. A–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.