free corps
"free-corps" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“free corps” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of Freikorps.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | free corps |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “free corps” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
free corps is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of Freikorps.".
free corps has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of German Freikorps. The correct English form is free corps, spelled F-R-E-E- -C-O-R-P-S.
Definition
- 1Synonym of Freikorps.
Etymology
Calque of German Freikorps.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “free corps”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-R-E-E- -C-O-R-P-S - 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.