narrower
"narrower" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“narrower” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,913
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who, or that which, narrows.
Corpus desk
Index EN-narrower · narrower · English
narrower · rank #19,913 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,913
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH narrated
Nearest frequency peer: narrated (-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 “narrower”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Mozambique
Mozambique
80,091 corpus weight
- muller
muller
80,090 corpus weight
- narrated
narrated
80,089 corpus weight
- narrower
narrower
80,088 corpus weight
- navigator
navigator
80,085 corpus weight
- NES
NES
80,084 corpus weight
What this shows “narrower” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | narrower |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “narrower”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around narrower, anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,913 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "One who, or that which, narrows.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for narrower, with forms such as "anrrower", "narorwer", and "narower". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "narrowly", "narrow", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From narrow + -er. The correct English form is narrower, spelled N-A-R-R-O-W-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who, or that which, narrows.
Etymology
From narrow + -er.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anrrower
- narorwer
- narower
- narroewr
- narrowerr
- narrowre
- narrowwer
- narrwoer
- nnarrower
- nrarower
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of narrower - 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 "narrower", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).