necktie
/ˈnɛk.taɪ/
"necktie" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“necktie” is uncommon English (frequency #50,094 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,094
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.
Corpus desk
Index EN-necktie · necktie · English
necktie · rank #50,094 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,094
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH NCP
Nearest frequency peer: NCP (-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 “necktie”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- murine
murine
49,913 corpus weight
- Nala
Nala
49,911 corpus weight
- NCP
NCP
49,908 corpus weight
- necktie
necktie
49,907 corpus weight
- Negev
Negev
49,904 corpus weight
- neko
neko
49,902 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “necktie” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | necktie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnɛk.taɪ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,094 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “necktie” in English
Rare enough to double-check
necktie is uncommon English at frequency #50,094 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnɛk.taɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for necktie, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From neck + tie. The correct English form is necktie, spelled N-E-C-K-T-I-E.
Definition
- 1A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how necktie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oh I have been to Ludlow fair / And left my necktie God knows where / And carried half way home, or near, / Pints and quarts of Ludlow beer.
Etymology
From neck + tie.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).