tiara
/tiˈɑːɹə/
"tiara" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tiara” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,864. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,864
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The three-tiered papal crown.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tiara · tiara · English
tiara · rank #29,864 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,864
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH thoroughbred
Nearest frequency peer: thoroughbred (-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 “tiara”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- tarts
tarts
70,142 corpus weight
- Thea
Thea
70,140 corpus weight
- thoroughbred
thoroughbred
70,138 corpus weight
- tiara
tiara
70,137 corpus weight
- totality
totality
70,136 corpus weight
- tranny
tranny
70,135 corpus weight
What this shows “tiara” 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 | tiara |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tiˈɑːɹə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “tiara”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around tiara (IPA /tiˈɑːɹə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,864 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tiara, with forms such as "itara", "taira", and "tiaar". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tra", "tier", "tire", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin tiāra, from Ancient Greek τιάρα (tiára), of unknown ultimate origin. The correct English form is tiara, spelled T-I-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1The three-tiered papal crown.
- 2An ornamental coronet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tiara appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I had scarcely taken my accustomed low seat at her side, when, opening a casket which stood on the table near her, she took out a diamond tiara, and, placing it in my hair, pointed to the glass. 'Ah, my child!' she exclaimed, 'you well become your future crown!' and, without waiting for my reply, she informed me that my father's negotiations for my marria…
[T]heir tiaræ are like those of the magi; […]
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tiāra, from Ancient Greek τιάρα (tiára), of unknown ultimate origin.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- itara
- taira
- tiaar
- tiarra
- tiraa
- ttiara
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tiara - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).