iter
/ˈaɪtə(ɹ)/
"iter" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“iter” is uncommon English (frequency #58,118 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,118
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A passage, especially the passage between the third and fourth ventricles in the brain; the cerebral aqueduct.
Corpus desk
Index EN-iter · iter · English
iter · rank #58,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,118
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH Jahan
Nearest frequency peer: Jahan (+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 “iter”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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41,883 corpus weight
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41,882 corpus weight
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41,880 corpus weight
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41,879 corpus weight
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41,878 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “iter” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | iter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈaɪtə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #58,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “iter” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
iter is uncommon English at frequency #58,118 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈaɪtə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A passage, especially the passage between the third and fourth ventricles in the brain; the cerebral aqueduct.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for iter, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin iter (“passage”). The correct English form is iter, spelled I-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A passage, especially the passage between the third and fourth ventricles in the brain; the cerebral aqueduct.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin iter (“passage”).
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 4 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.