limber
/ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/
"limber" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“limber” is an uncommon English word, ranked #56,246 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #56,246
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Flexible, pliant, bendable.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | limber |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,246 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “limber” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for limber is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/. Corpus data places it at rank #56,246 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Flexible, pliant, bendable.".
No misspelling variants are generated for limber in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp + -er, as seen in clever, slipper (“slippery”), waker (“alert”), etc. The correct English form is limber, spelled L-I-M-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Flexible, pliant, bendable.
Etymology
Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp + -er, as seen in clever, slipper (“slippery”), waker (“alert”), etc.
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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Using “limber”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-I-M-B-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.