header
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "header", 6-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "header" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "header" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
header is aEnglishnoun. It means: The upper portion of a page (or other) layout. Pronounced /ˈhɛdɚ/. It ranks #8,552 in English word frequency. Often confused with hear and heads.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | header |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɛdɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for header is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈhɛdɚ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,552 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 18 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for header, with forms such as "ehader", "haeder", and "headder". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hear", "heads", "heady", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From head + -er. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is header, spelled H-E-A-D-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.
- 2Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.
- 3Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.
- 4A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.
- 5The first part of a file or record that describes its contents.
- 6Clipping of header file.
- 7the first part of a packet or stream, often containing its address and descriptors.
- 8A brick that is laid sideways (on its largest face), for example at the top of a wall or within the brickwork, with its smallest side showing (oriented so that that side is wider than it is tall).
- 9A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.
- 10A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc.
- 11The act of hitting the ball with the head.
- 12Someone who heads the ball.
- 13A headlong fall, jump or dive.
- 14A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system; a header tank.
- 15A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.
- 16The rodeo performer who drives the steer toward the heeler to be tied.
- 17One who puts a head on something.
- 18A headcase; a nutjob (mentally unbalanced, unpredictable person).
Etymology
From head + -er.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehader,haeder,headder,headerr,headre,heaedr,hedaer,hheader
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for header
Misspelling Variants of "header"
Frequency rank: #8,552 in English
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