miter
/ˈmaɪ.təɹ/
"miter" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“miter” is uncommon English (frequency #60,287 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,287
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of mitre (“to unite at an angle of 45°”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-miter · miter · English
miter · rank #60,287 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,287
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH minutely
Nearest frequency peer: minutely (-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 “miter”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Michiko
Michiko
39,718 corpus weight
- Minos
Minos
39,716 corpus weight
- minutely
minutely
39,715 corpus weight
- miter
miter
39,714 corpus weight
- mito
mito
39,713 corpus weight
- MNC
MNC
39,712 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “miter” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | miter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈmaɪ.təɹ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,287 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “miter” in English
Rare enough to double-check
miter is uncommon English at frequency #60,287 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈmaɪ.təɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of mitre (“to unite at an angle of 45°”).".
Zero misspellings are on record for miter in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is miter, spelled M-I-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of mitre (“to unite at an angle of 45°”).
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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