Colfer
"colfer" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Colfer” is uncommon English (frequency #79,397 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,397
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-colfer · Colfer · English
Colfer · rank #79,397 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,397
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH colonizer
Nearest frequency peer: colonizer (+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 “Colfer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cocksucking
cocksucking
20,609 corpus weight
- Colfer
Colfer
20,604 corpus weight
- colonizer
colonizer
20,603 corpus weight
- colophon
colophon
20,602 corpus weight
- comedown
comedown
20,601 corpus weight
- compleat
compleat
20,598 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Colfer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Colfer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,397 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Colfer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Colfer is uncommon English at frequency #79,397 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Colfer in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Perhaps an Irish variant of the English surnames Culver or Colliver. The correct English form is Colfer, spelled C-O-L-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
Perhaps an Irish variant of the English surnames Culver or Colliver.
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).