councillor
"councillor" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“councillor” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,364. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,364
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A member of a council.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | councillor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #11,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “councillor” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around councillor, anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,364 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for councillor, with forms such as "ccouncillor", "conucillor", and "coucnillor". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Alteration of counsellor, by assimilation with council. By surface analysis, council + -or. The correct English form is councillor, spelled C-O-U-N-C-I-L-L-O-R.
Definition
- 1A member of a council.
- 2In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor.
Etymology
Alteration of counsellor, by assimilation with council. By surface analysis, council + -or.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccouncillor
- conucillor
- coucnillor
- counccillor
- councillorr
- councillro
- councilolr
- councilor
- counclilor
- counicllor
- counncillor
- cuoncillor
- ocuncillor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of councillor - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “councillor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-U-N-C-I-L-L-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.