life preserver
"life-preserver" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“life preserver” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A buoyant ring or vest intended to keep a person afloat.
Corpus desk
Index EN-life-preserver · life preserver · English
life preserver · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | life preserver |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “life preserver” in English
Rare enough to double-check
life preserver is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for life preserver in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is life preserver, spelled L-I-F-E- -P-R-E-S-E-R-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1A buoyant ring or vest intended to keep a person afloat.
- 2A short club with a weighted end.
- 3Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see life, preserver.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how life preserver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Here's your crowbar / And your centre-bit; / Your life-preserver— / You may want to hit!
But when I gave him every particular that had occurred, he tried to bluster, and took down a life-preserver from the wall. I knew my man, however, and I clapped a pistol to his head before he could strike.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.