bachelor
/ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/
"bachelor" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bachelor” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #7,418 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,418
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bachelor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,418 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bachelor” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for bachelor is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,418 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for bachelor, with forms such as "abchelor", "bacchelor", and "bacehlor". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccalārius, baccalāris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)). The correct English form is bachelor, spelled B-A-C-H-E-L-O-R.
Definition
- 1A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
- 2The first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities; a bachelor's degree.
- 3Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
- 4A bachelor apartment.
- 5An unmarried woman.
- 6A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
- 7Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
- 8A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.
Etymology
From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccalārius, baccalāris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abchelor,bacchelor,bacehlor,bachellor,bachelorr,bachelro,bacheolr,bachhelor,bachleor,bahcelor,bbachelor,bcahelor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bachelor - 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.
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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Using “bachelor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-A-C-H-E-L-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.