chief lord
"chief-lord" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chief lord” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of overlord: the lord of a fee immediately owed personal service or rent by a tenant, a tenant's liege lord.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chief-lord · chief lord · English
chief lord · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | chief lord |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chief lord” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chief lord is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for chief lord in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is chief lord, spelled C-H-I-E-F- -L-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1Synonym of overlord: the lord of a fee immediately owed personal service or rent by a tenant, a tenant's liege lord.
- 2Synonym of overlord: a lord over other lords, a lord paramount.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chief lord appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Forinsec, or Extrinsec, or Regal Service, was a Service which did not belong to the chief Lord, but to the King.
Chief lord, the feudal lord, or lord of an honour on whom others depend.
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.