Tamerlane
/ˈtæməleɪn/
"tamerlane" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tamerlane” is uncommon English (frequency #85,843 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,843
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia
| 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) |
Where “Tamerlane” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Tamerlane is uncommon English at frequency #85,843 among 27,828 “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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Using “Tamerlane”
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- The one correct English spelling is T-A-M-E-R-L-A-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.