jailor
"jailor" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jailor” is uncommon English (frequency #88,479 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,479
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of jailer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jailor · jailor · English
jailor · rank #88,479 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,479
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH Jacobian
Nearest frequency peer: Jacobian (-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 “jailor”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- isolator
isolator
11,525 corpus weight
- Jacobian
Jacobian
11,523 corpus weight
- jailor
jailor
11,522 corpus weight
- Jair
Jair
11,521 corpus weight
- Jairus
Jairus
11,520 corpus weight
- jihadism
jihadism
11,516 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “jailor” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jailor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “jailor” in English
Rare enough to double-check
jailor is uncommon English at frequency #88,479 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of jailer.".
Zero misspellings are on record for jailor in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: By surface analysis, jail + -or. The correct English form is jailor, spelled J-A-I-L-O-R.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of jailer.
Etymology
By surface analysis, jail + -or.
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).