pillared
"pillared" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pillared” is uncommon English (frequency #94,122 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,122
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Having pillars.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pillared · pillared · English
pillared · rank #94,122 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,122
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Pictionary
Nearest frequency peer: Pictionary (-3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pillared”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- periodizati…
periodization
5,887 corpus weight
- philanderer
philanderer
5,884 corpus weight
- Philipps
Philipps
5,883 corpus weight
- Pictionary
Pictionary
5,882 corpus weight
- pillared
pillared
5,879 corpus weight
- pluton
pluton
5,871 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pillared” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pillared |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pillared” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pillared is uncommon English at frequency #94,122 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having pillars.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pillared in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pillar + -ed (“having”) (forming adjective from noun). The correct English form is pillared, spelled P-I-L-L-A-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having pillars.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pillared appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We entered a majestic pillared hall.
By midday, however, we reached the great flat top of that mighty wall of rock, and grand enough the view was from it, with the plain of Kôr, in the centre of which we could clearly make out the pillared ruins of the Temple of Truth to the one side, and the boundless and melancholy marsh on the other.
Etymology
From pillar + -ed (“having”) (forming adjective from noun).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.