Tamerlane
/ˈtæməleɪn/
"tamerlane" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tamerlane” is uncommon English (frequency #85,843 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,843
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia
Corpus desk
Index EN-tamerlane · Tamerlane · English
Tamerlane · rank #85,843 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,843
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Talwar
Nearest frequency peer: Talwar (-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 “Tamerlane”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Taiwo
Taiwo
14,161 corpus weight
- Talwar
Talwar
14,159 corpus weight
- Tamerlane
Tamerlane
14,158 corpus weight
- tane
tane
14,156 corpus weight
- tantalus
tantalus
14,155 corpus weight
- tarin
tarin
14,154 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Tamerlane” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tamerlane |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈtæməleɪn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,843 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Tamerlane” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Tamerlane is uncommon English at frequency #85,843 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈtæməleɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tamerlane, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Persian تیمور لنگ (teymur-(e) lang, literally “Timur the Lame”). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *temür (“iron”). See Turkish demir for more information. The correct English form is Tamerlane, spelled T-A-M-E-R-L-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia
Etymology
From Persian تیمور لنگ (teymur-(e) lang, literally “Timur the Lame”). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *temür (“iron”). See Turkish demir for more information.
This word in other languages
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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