letterman
"letterman" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“letterman” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,587. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,587
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A student who has attained a specified level of participation in a sporting or other activity, and is awarded a cloth “letter” to be affixed to an item of clothing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-letterman · letterman · English
letterman · rank #23,587 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,587
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH laird
Nearest frequency peer: laird (-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 “letterman”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- knitted
knitted
76,417 corpus weight
- lager
lager
76,416 corpus weight
- laird
laird
76,415 corpus weight
- letterman
letterman
76,414 corpus weight
- lighted
lighted
76,413 corpus weight
- loathing
loathing
76,412 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “letterman” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | letterman |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #23,587 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “letterman” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around letterman, anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,587 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A student who has attained a specified level of participation in a sporting or other activity, and is awarded a cloth “letter” to be affixed to an item of clothing.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for letterman, with forms such as "eltterman", "leterman", and "letetrman". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From letter + -man. The correct English form is letterman, spelled L-E-T-T-E-R-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1A student who has attained a specified level of participation in a sporting or other activity, and is awarded a cloth “letter” to be affixed to an item of clothing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how letterman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The children seem to catch their enthusiasm from the energetic instructors, ten of them former lettermen at Kansas universities.
Cousins told the students of their responsibility emphasizing that the sweaters were given them in recognition by the school that they were the “best in the field.” Coach Smith distributed the dark blue slip over sweaters with a gold block T on the front to the lettermen.
Etymology
From letter + -man.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eltterman
- leterman
- letetrman
- lettemran
- letteramn
- lettermann
- lettermman
- lettermna
- letterrman
- lettreman
- lletterman
- lteterman
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of letterman - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "letterman", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
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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.