counterparty
"counterparty" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“counterparty” is uncommon English (frequency #57,960 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,960
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The other party to a financial transaction.
Corpus desk
Index EN-counterparty · counterparty · English
counterparty · rank #57,960 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,960
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH crier
Nearest frequency peer: crier (+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 “counterparty”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- corrector
corrector
42,045 corpus weight
- corticoster…
corticosteroid
42,044 corpus weight
- corvus
corvus
42,043 corpus weight
- counterparty
counterparty
42,041 corpus weight
- crier
crier
42,040 corpus weight
- cringeworthy
cringeworthy
42,039 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “counterparty” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | counterparty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #57,960 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “counterparty” in English
Rare enough to double-check
counterparty is uncommon English at frequency #57,960 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The other party to a financial transaction.".
counterparty doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From counter- + party. The correct English form is counterparty, spelled C-O-U-N-T-E-R-P-A-R-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The other party to a financial transaction.
Etymology
From counter- + party.
This word in other languages
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).