intercooler
"intercooler" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“intercooler” is uncommon English (frequency #76,882 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,882
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A heat-exchange device located between other devices or processes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-intercooler · intercooler · English
intercooler · rank #76,882 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,882
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH intercostal
Nearest frequency peer: intercostal (+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 “intercooler”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ingame
ingame
23,124 corpus weight
- inspo
inspo
23,121 corpus weight
- intercooler
intercooler
23,119 corpus weight
- intercostal
intercostal
23,118 corpus weight
- interschola…
interscholastic
23,116 corpus weight
- intestate
intestate
23,115 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “intercooler” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intercooler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #76,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “intercooler” in English
Rare enough to double-check
intercooler is uncommon English at frequency #76,882 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A heat-exchange device located between other devices or processes.".
No misspelling variants are generated for intercooler in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From inter- + cooler. The correct English form is intercooler, spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-O-O-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1A heat-exchange device located between other devices or processes.
Etymology
From inter- + cooler.
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).