letterhead
/ˈlɛtə(ɹ)ˌhɛd/
"letterhead" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“letterhead” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,156. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,156
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A portion of text at the top of a letter, identifying the sender and often giving their address etc., used for formal correspondence.
Corpus desk
Index EN-letterhead · letterhead · English
letterhead · rank #47,156 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,156
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Leh
Nearest frequency peer: Leh (-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 “letterhead”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- legation
legation
52,847 corpus weight
- Leh
Leh
52,846 corpus weight
- letterhead
letterhead
52,845 corpus weight
- Levis
Levis
52,844 corpus weight
- levity
levity
52,843 corpus weight
- Lichtenstein
Lichtenstein
52,842 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “letterhead” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | letterhead |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɛtə(ɹ)ˌhɛd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #47,156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “letterhead” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around letterhead (IPA /ˈlɛtə(ɹ)ˌhɛd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,156 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for letterhead, with forms such as "eltterhead", "leterhead", and "letetrhead". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From letter + head. The correct English form is letterhead, spelled L-E-T-T-E-R-H-E-A-D.
Definition
- 1A portion of text at the top of a letter, identifying the sender and often giving their address etc., used for formal correspondence.
- 2Paper marked with a letterhead.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how letterhead appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We need to change our letterhead to use the new logo.
The unified colour palette of reds, blues, and yellows used throughout the signage matches that of the institution’s logo and letterhead.
Etymology
From letter + head.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eltterhead
- leterhead
- letetrhead
- lettehread
- letterehad
- letterhaed
- letterheadd
- letterheda
- letterhhead
- letterrhead
- lettrehead
- lletterhead
- lteterhead
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of letterhead - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 September 3, 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 "letterhead", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #47,156 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.