laffer
"laffer" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“laffer” is uncommon English (frequency #80,602 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,602
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A comedy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-laffer · laffer · English
laffer · rank #80,602 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,602
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH Kur
Nearest frequency peer: Kur (-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 “laffer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- kif
kif
19,405 corpus weight
- Krabi
Krabi
19,402 corpus weight
- Kur
Kur
19,400 corpus weight
- laffer
laffer
19,399 corpus weight
- lagan
lagan
19,398 corpus weight
- Lalita
Lalita
19,397 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “laffer” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laffer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “laffer” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
laffer is uncommon English at frequency #80,602 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A comedy.".
Zero misspellings are on record for laffer in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From laff + -er (“Variety -er”). The correct English form is laffer, spelled L-A-F-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1A comedy.
Etymology
From laff + -er (“Variety -er”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "laffer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 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.