by-law
/ˈbaɪ.lɔː/
"by-law" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“by-law” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of bylaw.
Corpus desk
Index EN-by-law · by-law · English
by-law · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | by-law |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbaɪ.lɔː/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “by-law” in English
Rare enough to double-check
by-law is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbaɪ.lɔː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of bylaw.".
by-law has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is by-law, spelled B-Y---L-A-W.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of bylaw.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.