leveller
"leveller" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“leveller” is uncommon English (frequency #85,449 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,449
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - comparative form of level: more level
Corpus desk
Index EN-leveller · leveller · English
leveller · rank #85,449 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,449
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH licencing
Nearest frequency peer: licencing (+4 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 “leveller”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- laugher
laugher
14,561 corpus weight
- Ledecky
Ledecky
14,558 corpus weight
- lederhosen
lederhosen
14,557 corpus weight
- leveller
leveller
14,552 corpus weight
- licencing
licencing
14,548 corpus weight
- Liebman
Liebman
14,547 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “leveller” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leveller |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #85,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “leveller” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
leveller is uncommon English at frequency #85,449 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "comparative form of level: more level".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for leveller, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From level + -er. The correct English form is leveller, spelled L-E-V-E-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1comparative form of level: more level
Etymology
From level + -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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "leveller", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 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.