leaver
"leaver" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“leaver” is uncommon English (frequency #56,866 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,866
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who leaves.
Corpus desk
Index EN-leaver · leaver · English
leaver · rank #56,866 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,866
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lectern
Nearest frequency peer: lectern (+2 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 “leaver”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lapierre
Lapierre
43,139 corpus weight
- Lapointe
Lapointe
43,138 corpus weight
- leaver
leaver
43,135 corpus weight
- lectern
lectern
43,133 corpus weight
- leftwing
leftwing
43,132 corpus weight
- Lemuel
Lemuel
43,130 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “leaver” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leaver |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “leaver” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
leaver is uncommon English at frequency #56,866 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for leaver in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From leave + -er. The correct English form is leaver, spelled L-E-A-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who leaves.
- 2Alternative letter-case form of Leaver.
- 3Synonym of schoolie (“senior student”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how leaver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This year's school leavers have excellent grades.
He's a leaver, not a stayer: he'll never be happy tied down in one place.
Etymology
From leave + -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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.