lowercase
/ˈloʊ.ɚˌkeɪs/
"lowercase" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lowercase” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,074. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,074
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of lower case.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lowercase · lowercase · English
lowercase · rank #37,074 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,074
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lovejoy
Nearest frequency peer: Lovejoy (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “lowercase”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- lobo
lobo
62,931 corpus weight
- Lovejoy
Lovejoy
62,928 corpus weight
- lowercase
lowercase
62,927 corpus weight
- lusty
lusty
62,925 corpus weight
- Macao
Macao
62,924 corpus weight
- maddening
maddening
62,923 corpus weight
What this shows “lowercase” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lowercase |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈloʊ.ɚˌkeɪs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #37,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “lowercase”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around lowercase (IPA /ˈloʊ.ɚˌkeɪs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,074 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative form of lower case.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for lowercase, with forms such as "llowercase", "loewrcase", and "lowecrase". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the noun phrase lower case, which itself consists of an adjective modifying a noun; when used as a noun adjunct then, to render its syntactical function clearer and simpler, it is written as a single word or with a hyphen as a sort of chunking. The correct English form is lowercase, spelled L-O-W-E-R-C-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of lower case.
Etymology
From the noun phrase lower case, which itself consists of an adjective modifying a noun; when used as a noun adjunct then, to render its syntactical function clearer and simpler, it is written as a single word or with a hyphen as a sort of chunking.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llowercase
- loewrcase
- lowecrase
- loweracse
- lowercaes
- lowercasse
- lowerccase
- lowercsae
- lowerrcase
- lowrecase
- lowwercase
- lwoercase
- olwercase
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lowercase - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lowercase", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).