caseload
"caseload" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“caseload” is uncommon English (frequency #52,210 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,210
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The workload of a person or group that handles cases; the relative volume of cases expected to be worked upon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-caseload · caseload · English
caseload · rank #52,210 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,210
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cassia
Nearest frequency peer: cassia (+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 “caseload”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- campy
campy
47,795 corpus weight
- cap'n
cap'n
47,794 corpus weight
- caressed
caressed
47,793 corpus weight
- caseload
caseload
47,791 corpus weight
- cassia
cassia
47,790 corpus weight
- chattel
chattel
47,787 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “caseload” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caseload |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “caseload” in English
Rare enough to double-check
caseload is uncommon English at frequency #52,210 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
caseload has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From case + load. The correct English form is caseload, spelled C-A-S-E-L-O-A-D.
Definition
- 1The workload of a person or group that handles cases; the relative volume of cases expected to be worked upon.
- 2The set of persons whose cases are being handled by such a worker or group.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how caseload appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As a public defender, Jonas had a crushing caseload and never felt that he could prepare his clients' defenses properly.
Etymology
From case + load.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).