latrobe
"latrobe" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“latrobe” is uncommon English (frequency #51,213 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,213
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A form of stove set into a fireplace, heating the room by radiation and the rooms above by hot air.
Corpus desk
Index EN-latrobe · latrobe · English
latrobe · rank #51,213 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,213
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH lasagne
Nearest frequency peer: lasagne (-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 “latrobe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Langham
Langham
48,791 corpus weight
- larder
larder
48,790 corpus weight
- lasagne
lasagne
48,789 corpus weight
- latrobe
latrobe
48,788 corpus weight
- Leonie
Leonie
48,786 corpus weight
- Letitia
Letitia
48,785 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “latrobe” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | latrobe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,213 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “latrobe” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
latrobe is uncommon English at frequency #51,213 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A form of stove set into a fireplace, heating the room by radiation and the rooms above by hot air.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for latrobe, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: After the inventor, I. Latrobe of Baltimore. The correct English form is latrobe, spelled L-A-T-R-O-B-E.
Definition
- 1A form of stove set into a fireplace, heating the room by radiation and the rooms above by hot air.
Etymology
After the inventor, I. Latrobe of Baltimore.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 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.