teetotaller
/ˈtitoʊtəlɚ/
"teetotaller" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“teetotaller” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - British standard spelling of teetotaler.
Corpus desk
Index EN-teetotaller · teetotaller · English
teetotaller · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | teetotaller |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtitoʊtəlɚ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “teetotaller” in English
Rare enough to double-check
teetotaller is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtitoʊtəlɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "British standard spelling of teetotaler.".
teetotaller doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From teetotal + -er. The correct English form is teetotaller, spelled T-E-E-T-O-T-A-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1British standard spelling of teetotaler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how teetotaller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The six drivers foregathered and the rather surprising discovery was made that five out of the six were teetotallers.
Etymology
From teetotal + -er.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.