Schlafly
"schlafly" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Schlafly” is uncommon English (frequency #82,757 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,757
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-schlafly · Schlafly · English
Schlafly · rank #82,757 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,757
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Schoharie
Nearest frequency peer: Schoharie (+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 “Schlafly”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sassuolo
Sassuolo
17,248 corpus weight
- Schlafly
Schlafly
17,244 corpus weight
- Schoharie
Schoharie
17,243 corpus weight
- Scoutmaster
Scoutmaster
17,242 corpus weight
- scraggly
scraggly
17,241 corpus weight
- scrotal
scrotal
17,240 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Schlafly” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schlafly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,757 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Schlafly” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Schlafly is uncommon English at frequency #82,757 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Schlafly in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Schlafly, spelled S-C-H-L-A-F-L-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schlafly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unless one final Schlafly paradox gets in the way. Before she died, the First Lady of the Conservative Movement endorsed Trump. That makes sense: Schlafly was a paleoconservative who was worried about immigration. But Trump has turned out to be the most unchivalrous candidate in living memory, the very antithesis of Schlafly’s ideal Christian standard.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).