metalcore
"metalcore" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“metalcore” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,895. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,895
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A subgenre of rock music which fuses extreme metal and hardcore punk.
Corpus desk
Index EN-metalcore · metalcore · English
metalcore · rank #48,895 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,895
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Merv
Nearest frequency peer: Merv (-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 “metalcore”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- McMurdo
McMurdo
51,109 corpus weight
- Meath
Meath
51,108 corpus weight
- Merv
Merv
51,107 corpus weight
- metalcore
metalcore
51,106 corpus weight
- metastases
metastases
51,105 corpus weight
- meu
meu
51,104 corpus weight
What this shows “metalcore” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | metalcore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,895 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “metalcore”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around metalcore, anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,895 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A subgenre of rock music which fuses extreme metal and hardcore punk.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for metalcore, with forms such as "emtalcore", "meatlcore", and "metaclore". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From metal + -core. The correct English form is metalcore, spelled M-E-T-A-L-C-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1A subgenre of rock music which fuses extreme metal and hardcore punk.
Etymology
From metal + -core.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emtalcore
- meatlcore
- metaclore
- metalccore
- metalcoer
- metalcorre
- metalcroe
- metallcore
- metalocre
- metlacore
- mettalcore
- mmetalcore
- mtealcore
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of metalcore - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "metalcore", 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).