littler
/ˈlɪt.ləɹ/
"littler" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“littler” is uncommon English (frequency #58,812 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,812
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - comparative form of little: more little
Corpus desk
Index EN-littler · littler · English
littler · rank #58,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,812
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH Lockerbie
Nearest frequency peer: Lockerbie (+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 “littler”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- leashes
leashes
41,194 corpus weight
- Lebedev
Lebedev
41,193 corpus weight
- lier
lier
41,191 corpus weight
- littler
littler
41,189 corpus weight
- Lockerbie
Lockerbie
41,188 corpus weight
- Lozano
Lozano
41,187 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “littler” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | littler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈlɪt.ləɹ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “littler” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
littler is uncommon English at frequency #58,812 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈlɪt.ləɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "comparative form of little: more little".
littler has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From little + -er. The correct English form is littler, spelled L-I-T-T-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1comparative form of little: more little
Etymology
From little + -er.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "littler", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.