calligrapher
/kəˈlɪɡɹəfɚ/
"calligrapher" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“calligrapher” is uncommon English (frequency #84,061 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,061
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - one who practices calligraphy
Corpus desk
Index EN-calligrapher · calligrapher · English
calligrapher · rank #84,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,061
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Caillou
Nearest frequency peer: Caillou (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “calligrapher”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Byng
Byng
15,943 corpus weight
- caca
caca
15,942 corpus weight
- Caillou
Caillou
15,941 corpus weight
- calligrapher
calligrapher
15,940 corpus weight
- Cambrai
Cambrai
15,939 corpus weight
- cannibalize
cannibalize
15,938 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “calligrapher” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calligrapher |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈlɪɡɹəfɚ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #84,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “calligrapher” in English
Rare enough to double-check
calligrapher is uncommon English at frequency #84,061 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kəˈlɪɡɹəfɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "one who practices calligraphy".
calligrapher has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From calligraphy + -er. The correct English form is calligrapher, spelled C-A-L-L-I-G-R-A-P-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1one who practices calligraphy
Etymology
From calligraphy + -er.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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