militar
"militar" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“militar” is uncommon English (frequency #84,518 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,518
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obsolete form of military.
Corpus desk
Index EN-militar · militar · English
militar · rank #84,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,518
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH microbrewery
Nearest frequency peer: microbrewery (-7 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 “militar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Mellie
Mellie
15,494 corpus weight
- mends
mends
15,493 corpus weight
- Messieurs
Messieurs
15,491 corpus weight
- microbrewery
microbrewery
15,490 corpus weight
- militar
militar
15,483 corpus weight
- Mithras
Mithras
15,473 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “militar” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | militar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “militar” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
militar is uncommon English at frequency #84,518 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obsolete form of military.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for militar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is militar, spelled M-I-L-I-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Obsolete form of military.
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
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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.