Linklater
"linklater" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Linklater” is uncommon English (frequency #62,278 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,278
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Old Norse.
Corpus desk
Index EN-linklater · Linklater · English
Linklater · rank #62,278 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,278
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lindstrom
Nearest frequency peer: Lindstrom (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Linklater”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lesbos
Lesbos
37,729 corpus weight
- lessor
lessor
37,728 corpus weight
- libelous
libelous
37,727 corpus weight
- Limon
Limon
37,725 corpus weight
- Lindstrom
Lindstrom
37,724 corpus weight
- Linklater
Linklater
37,723 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Linklater” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Linklater |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,278 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Linklater” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Linklater is uncommon English at frequency #62,278 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Linklater in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old Norse lyng (“heather”) + klettr (“rock”). The correct English form is Linklater, spelled L-I-N-K-L-A-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname from Old Norse.
- 2A locality in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada.
- 3A small settlement on South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND4587).
Etymology
From Old Norse lyng (“heather”) + klettr (“rock”).
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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