gabled
"gabled" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gabled” is uncommon English (frequency #80,472 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,472
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having one or more gables.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gabled · gabled · English
gabled · rank #80,472 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,472
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,276
- PHOTO-FINISH furst
Nearest frequency peer: furst (-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 “gabled”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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19,532 corpus weight
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furosemide
19,531 corpus weight
- furst
furst
19,530 corpus weight
- gabled
gabled
19,529 corpus weight
- gak
gak
19,528 corpus weight
- gammy
gammy
19,527 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gabled” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gabled |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gabled” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gabled is uncommon English at frequency #80,472 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having one or more gables.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gabled, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From gable + -ed. The correct English form is gabled, spelled G-A-B-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having one or more gables.
Etymology
From gable + -ed.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.