templar
/ˈtemplər/
"templar" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“templar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,613. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,613
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A barrister having chambers in the Inner Temple or Middle Temple.
Corpus desk
Index EN-templar · templar · English
templar · rank #24,613 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,613
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH TMZ
Nearest frequency peer: TMZ (+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 “templar”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- tantrum
tantrum
75,392 corpus weight
- tectonic
tectonic
75,390 corpus weight
- templar
templar
75,388 corpus weight
- TMZ
TMZ
75,387 corpus weight
- toxicology
toxicology
75,385 corpus weight
- transfusion
transfusion
75,384 corpus weight
What this shows “templar” 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 | templar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtemplər/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “templar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around templar (IPA /ˈtemplər/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,613 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A barrister having chambers in the Inner Temple or Middle Temple.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for templar, with forms such as "etmplar", "temlpar", and "temmplar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "temple", "temples", "template", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English templer, from Old French templier; cf. the Medieval Latin templārius, from Latin templum (“temple”). The correct English form is templar, spelled T-E-M-P-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1A barrister having chambers in the Inner Temple or Middle Temple.
Etymology
From Middle English templer, from Old French templier; cf. the Medieval Latin templārius, from Latin templum (“temple”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etmplar
- temlpar
- temmplar
- tempalr
- templarr
- templlar
- templra
- tempplar
- tepmlar
- tmeplar
- ttemplar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of templar - 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 "templar", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).