rarer
/ˈɹɛɹəɹ/
"rarer" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rarer” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,262. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,262
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comparative form of rare: more rare
Corpus desk
Index EN-rarer · rarer · English
rarer · rank #27,262 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,262
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH RCMP
Nearest frequency peer: RCMP (+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 “rarer”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- queuing
queuing
72,742 corpus weight
- quizzes
quizzes
72,741 corpus weight
- rarer
rarer
72,739 corpus weight
- RCMP
RCMP
72,738 corpus weight
- redacted
redacted
72,737 corpus weight
- regretting
regretting
72,736 corpus weight
What this shows “rarer” 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 | rarer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɹɛɹəɹ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #27,262 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “rarer”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around rarer (IPA /ˈɹɛɹəɹ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,262 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "comparative form of rare: more rare".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for rarer, with forms such as "arrer", "raerr", and "rarerr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rate", "rave", "river", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is rarer, spelled R-A-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1comparative form of rare: more rare
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rarer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unfortunately, even in the palmiest days of the old Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway Company, passengers were few and far between at Troutbeck, and since the advent of the motor bus road services they are rarer than ever, and never likely to increase.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arrer
- raerr
- rarerr
- rarrer
- rraer
- rrarer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rarer - 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 "rarer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).