limber
/ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/
"limber" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“limber” is uncommon English (frequency #56,246 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,246
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flexible, pliant, bendable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-limber · limber · English
limber · rank #56,246 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,246
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lignin
Nearest frequency peer: lignin (-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 “limber”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- letterpress
letterpress
43,758 corpus weight
- lexis
lexis
43,757 corpus weight
- lignin
lignin
43,756 corpus weight
- limber
limber
43,755 corpus weight
- Littlejohn
Littlejohn
43,754 corpus weight
- LLB
LLB
43,753 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “limber” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| 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
Rare enough to double-check
limber is uncommon English at frequency #56,246 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how limber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.
Not yet the bargeman that doth rowe / with long and limber oare
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.
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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.