smaller
/ˈsmɔː.lə/
"smaller" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“smaller” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,674. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,674
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comparative form of small: more small
Corpus desk
Index EN-smaller · smaller · English
smaller · rank #1,674 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,674
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH senate
Nearest frequency peer: senate (-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 “smaller”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- provides
provides
98,330 corpus weight
- remains
remains
98,329 corpus weight
- senate
senate
98,328 corpus weight
- smaller
smaller
98,327 corpus weight
- somebody
somebody
98,326 corpus weight
- stone
stone
98,325 corpus weight
What this shows “smaller” 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 | smaller |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsmɔː.lə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “smaller”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around smaller (IPA /ˈsmɔː.lə/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,674 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "comparative form of small: more small".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for smaller, with forms such as "msaller", "samller", and "smalelr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "smalls", "smarter", "smelled", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is smaller, spelled S-M-A-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1comparative form of small: more small
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how smaller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The worse things get, the smaller your focus should be.
At the partition of Ireland in 1920, the railway mileage of the whole country stood at its maximum figure of 3,442, of which 2,668 miles were in the South, and 754 in the much smaller North.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- msaller
- samller
- smalelr
- smaler
- smallerr
- smallre
- smlaler
- smmaller
- ssmaller
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of smaller - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "smaller", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).