misplace
/mɪsˈpleɪs/
"misplace" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“misplace” is uncommon English (frequency #68,448 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,448
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay.
Corpus desk
Index EN-misplace · misplace · English
misplace · rank #68,448 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,448
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mishmash
Nearest frequency peer: mishmash (-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 “misplace”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- millinery
millinery
31,558 corpus weight
- millman
millman
31,557 corpus weight
- minting
minting
31,556 corpus weight
- mishmash
mishmash
31,554 corpus weight
- misplace
misplace
31,553 corpus weight
- Mizoram
Mizoram
31,552 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “misplace” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | misplace |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /mɪsˈpleɪs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,448 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “misplace” in English
Rare enough to double-check
misplace is uncommon English at frequency #68,448 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /mɪsˈpleɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
misplace has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mis- + place. The correct English form is misplace, spelled M-I-S-P-L-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay.
- 2To apply one's talents inappropriately.
- 3To put something in the wrong location.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how misplace appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I might have misplaced my umbrella; do you know where it is?
At least once a week a patient will come into Dr. Thomas Loepfe’s busy geriatric clinic in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, with a worry. She will tell him she’s been misplacing her glasses lately, or he’ll say he’s concerned about losing the car keys.
Etymology
From mis- + place.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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