greater
/ˈɡɹeɪtə/
"greater" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“greater” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,343. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,343
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comparative form of great: more great
Corpus desk
Index EN-greater · greater · English
greater · rank #1,343 · 10 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,343
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH glad
Nearest frequency peer: glad (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “greater”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Gay
Gay
98,661 corpus weight
- Germany
Germany
98,660 corpus weight
- glad
glad
98,659 corpus weight
- greater
greater
98,658 corpus weight
- grow
grow
98,657 corpus weight
- largest
largest
98,656 corpus weight
What this shows “greater” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | greater |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹeɪtə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “greater”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around greater (IPA /ˈɡɹeɪtə/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,343 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "comparative form of great: more great".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for greater, with forms such as "gerater", "ggreater", and "graeter". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "greats", "greatly", "greeted", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. The correct English form is greater, spelled G-R-E-A-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1comparative form of great: more great
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how greater appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gerater
- ggreater
- graeter
- greaetr
- greaterr
- greatre
- greatter
- gretaer
- grreater
- rgeater
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of greater - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "greater", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).