headmasters
/ˈhɛdˌmæstɚz/
"headmasters" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“headmasters” is uncommon English (frequency #77,752 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,752
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of headmaster
Corpus desk
Index EN-headmasters · headmasters · English
headmasters · rank #77,752 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,752
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH HDB
Nearest frequency peer: HDB (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “headmasters”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hayride
hayride
22,254 corpus weight
- Hazelton
Hazelton
22,253 corpus weight
- HDB
HDB
22,250 corpus weight
- headmasters
headmasters
22,249 corpus weight
- heartedness
heartedness
22,248 corpus weight
- hegemon
hegemon
22,244 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “headmasters” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | headmasters |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɛdˌmæstɚz/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #77,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “headmasters” in English
Rare enough to double-check
headmasters is uncommon English at frequency #77,752 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhɛdˌmæstɚz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of headmaster".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for headmasters, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is headmasters, spelled H-E-A-D-M-A-S-T-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1plural of headmaster
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).