duller
"duller" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“duller” is uncommon English (frequency #56,080 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,080
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who, or that which, dulls.
Corpus desk
Index EN-duller · duller · English
duller · rank #56,080 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,080
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dop
Nearest frequency peer: dop (-2 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 “duller”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dof
dof
43,925 corpus weight
- dono
dono
43,924 corpus weight
- dop
dop
43,923 corpus weight
- duller
duller
43,921 corpus weight
- ecliptic
ecliptic
43,919 corpus weight
- effusive
effusive
43,918 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “duller” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | duller |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “duller” in English
Rare enough to double-check
duller is uncommon English at frequency #56,080 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who, or that which, dulls.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for duller, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dull (verb) + -er. The correct English form is duller, spelled D-U-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who, or that which, dulls.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how duller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But, of all, your grace must fly phlebotomy, fresh pork, conger, and clarified whey: they are all dullers of the vital spirits.
Etymology
From dull (verb) + -er.
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).