Perlmutter
"perlmutter" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Perlmutter” is uncommon English (frequency #69,328 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,328
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from German.
Corpus desk
Index EN-perlmutter · Perlmutter · English
Perlmutter · rank #69,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,328
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH perfumery
Nearest frequency peer: perfumery (-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 “Perlmutter”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- peppercorn
peppercorn
30,677 corpus weight
- perfumery
perfumery
30,674 corpus weight
- Perlmutter
Perlmutter
30,673 corpus weight
- petar
petar
30,672 corpus weight
- Pharisee
Pharisee
30,669 corpus weight
- photobook
photobook
30,666 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Perlmutter” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Perlmutter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Perlmutter” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Perlmutter is uncommon English at frequency #69,328 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from German.".
Perlmutter has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Perlmutter, a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname. The correct English form is Perlmutter, spelled P-E-R-L-M-U-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname from German.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Perlmutter, a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).