doubleheader

noun

"doubleheader" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“doubleheader” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,710. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,710
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of double-header.

Corpus desk

Index EN-doubleheader · doubleheader · English

doubleheader · rank #48,710 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,710
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dottie

Nearest frequency peer: Dottie (-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 “doubleheader”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “doubleheader” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for doubleheader
PropertyValue
Headworddoubleheader
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#48,710
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “doubleheader” sits in English frequency

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).doubleheaderlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Dottie” (#48,709), “doghouse” (#48,708), “drivetrain” (#48,713). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around doubleheader, anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,710 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative form of double-header.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for doubleheader, with forms such as "ddoubleheader", "dobuleheader", and "doubbleheader". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is doubleheader, spelled D-O-U-B-L-E-H-E-A-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of double-header.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how doubleheader appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. There would be, on Saturday, June 10, an old-fashioned, conventional doubleheader, two games for a single-admission price. A common practice in Major League Baseball for a good part of the 20th century, traditional doubleheaders fell out of favor by the late 1980s, when rising attendance and escalating salaries led baseball owners to abandon them as an un…
  2. Caglianone ripped Miles Mikolas’ curveball into the right-field corner for an RBI double that scored Salvador Perez in the fourth inning of the first game of a doubleheader against the Cardinals.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddoubleheader
  • dobuleheader
  • doubbleheader
  • doubelheader
  • doubleehader
  • doublehaeder
  • doubleheadder
  • doubleheaderr
  • doubleheadre
  • doubleheaedr
  • doublehedaer
  • doublehheader
  • doublheeader
  • doublleheader
  • doulbeheader
  • duobleheader
  • odubleheader

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of doubleheader - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddoubleheader1dobuleheader2doubbleheader1doubelheader2doubleehader2doublehaeder2doubleheadder1doubleheaderr1
Edit distance from "doubleheader"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "doubleheader"?
"doubleheader" is spelled D-O-U-B-L-E-H-E-A-D-E-R.
What does "doubleheader" mean?
As a noun, "doubleheader" means: Alternative form of double-header.
What are common misspellings of "doubleheader"?
Common misspellings include "ddoubleheader", "dobuleheader", "doubbleheader", "doubelheader", "doubleehader". The correct spelling is "doubleheader".
What language does "doubleheader" come from?
"doubleheader" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "doubleheader", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

What to do next

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list