cornerback
"cornerback" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cornerback” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,048. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,048
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of the defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cornerback · cornerback · English
cornerback · rank #26,048 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,048
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH credence
Nearest frequency peer: credence (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cornerback”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cocoon
cocoon
73,959 corpus weight
- confessing
confessing
73,957 corpus weight
- cornerback
cornerback
73,953 corpus weight
- credence
credence
73,952 corpus weight
- crossfire
crossfire
73,950 corpus weight
- currie
currie
73,949 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cornerback” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cornerback |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #26,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cornerback” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around cornerback, anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,048 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any of the defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for cornerback, with forms such as "ccornerback", "conrerback", and "corenrback". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From corner + back. The correct English form is cornerback, spelled C-O-R-N-E-R-B-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1Any of the defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes.
Etymology
From corner + back.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccornerback
- conrerback
- corenrback
- cornebrack
- cornerabck
- cornerbacck
- cornerbackk
- cornerbakc
- cornerbback
- cornerbcak
- cornerrback
- cornnerback
- cornreback
- corrnerback
- cronerback
- ocrnerback
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cornerback - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cornerback", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.