tightrope-walker
"tightrope-walker" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tightrope-walker” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of tightrope walker.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tightrope-walker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tightrope-walker” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tightrope-walker is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of tightrope walker.".
No misspelling variants are generated for tightrope-walker in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is tightrope-walker, spelled T-I-G-H-T-R-O-P-E---W-A-L-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of tightrope walker.
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.
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Using “tightrope-walker”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-I-G-H-T-R-O-P-E---W-A-L-K-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.