latimer
/ˈlætɪmə(ɹ)/
"latimer" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“latimer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,639. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,639
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of interpreter.
Corpus desk
Index EN-latimer · latimer · English
latimer · rank #36,639 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,639
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lengthen
Nearest frequency peer: lengthen (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “latimer”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Kyrgyz
Kyrgyz
63,365 corpus weight
- labors
labors
63,364 corpus weight
- latimer
latimer
63,362 corpus weight
- lengthen
lengthen
63,361 corpus weight
- Lewandowski
Lewandowski
63,360 corpus weight
- lineages
lineages
63,359 corpus weight
What this shows “latimer” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | latimer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlætɪmə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #36,639 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “latimer”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around latimer (IPA /ˈlætɪmə(ɹ)/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,639 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Synonym of interpreter.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for latimer, with forms such as "altimer", "laitmer", and "latiemr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "latter", "later", "lanier", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French latimier, latinier (“interpreter”), etc. and directly from Vulgar Latin latimarus, from Latin latinarius (“interpreter, speaker of Latin”), from lingua Latina + -arius (“-ary”). Equivalent to Latin + -er and compare Latiner. The correct English form is latimer, spelled L-A-T-I-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Synonym of interpreter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how latimer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
... what if the woman cannot ſpeak any language that the judge doth underſtand, as Corniſh, Welſh, Dutch, or the like? then there ſhall be a Latimer, that is, an interpreter upon his oath to interpret truly ...
[…] royal and household latimers were so usual that he naturally provided Vortigern with one.
Etymology
From Old French latimier, latinier (“interpreter”), etc. and directly from Vulgar Latin latimarus, from Latin latinarius (“interpreter, speaker of Latin”), from lingua Latina + -arius (“-ary”). Equivalent to Latin + -er and compare Latiner.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- altimer
- laitmer
- latiemr
- latimerr
- latimmer
- latimre
- latmier
- lattimer
- llatimer
- ltaimer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of latimer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).