laver
/ˈlɑːvə/
"laver" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“laver” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,457. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,457
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-laver · laver · English
laver · rank #49,457 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,457
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH latching
Nearest frequency peer: latching (-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 “laver”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Lally
Lally
50,547 corpus weight
- Laporte
Laporte
50,546 corpus weight
- latching
latching
50,545 corpus weight
- laver
laver
50,544 corpus weight
- lel
lel
50,542 corpus weight
- Leninism
Leninism
50,541 corpus weight
What this shows “laver” 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 | laver |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɑːvə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #49,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “laver”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around laver (IPA /ˈlɑːvə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,457 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for laver, with forms such as "alver", "laevr", and "laverr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "love", "live", "leer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English laver, lavre, lever, levre, laber (“a kind of water plant”), from Old English læfer, leber (“a rush (plant)”), a borrowing from Latin laver (“water plant”). The correct English form is laver, spelled L-A-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
- 2Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially
- 3Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how laver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To roast a leg, haunch, or saddle of mutton. […] A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout; or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup and seasonings.
Etymology
From Middle English laver, lavre, lever, levre, laber (“a kind of water plant”), from Old English læfer, leber (“a rush (plant)”), a borrowing from Latin laver (“water plant”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alver
- laevr
- laverr
- lavre
- lavver
- llaver
- lvaer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of laver - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "laver", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).