callsign
"callsign" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“callsign” is uncommon English (frequency #88,169 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,169
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of call sign.
Corpus desk
Index EN-callsign · callsign · English
callsign · rank #88,169 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,169
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cagle
Nearest frequency peer: Cagle (-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 “callsign”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- burra
burra
11,840 corpus weight
- busyness
busyness
11,838 corpus weight
- Cagle
Cagle
11,833 corpus weight
- callsign
callsign
11,832 corpus weight
- candidiasis
candidiasis
11,829 corpus weight
- canted
canted
11,827 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “callsign” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | callsign |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “callsign” in English
Rare enough to double-check
callsign is uncommon English at frequency #88,169 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of call sign.".
callsign has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From call + sign. The correct English form is callsign, spelled C-A-L-L-S-I-G-N.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of call sign.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how callsign appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On Friday night, eight US Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers took off from Altus, Oklahoma, according to data from FlightRadar24. Over Kansas the tankers refueled two groups of planes, identified on air traffic control audio by their callsigns MYTEE11 FLT and MYTEE21 FLT. The callsign MYTEE has previously been associated with special activity flights by B-2 b…
Etymology
From call + sign.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).