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 May 6, 2026) - A buoyant ring or vest intended to keep a person afloat.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | life preserver |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “life preserver” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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Using “life preserver”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-I-F-E- -P-R-E-S-E-R-V-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.