timberline
/ˈtɪmbɚˌlaɪn/
"timberline" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“timberline” is uncommon English (frequency #72,832 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,832
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The height or limit beyond which trees do not grow in mountainous or Arctic regions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-timberline · timberline · English
timberline · rank #72,832 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,832
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH Thornbury
Nearest frequency peer: Thornbury (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “timberline”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Thiers
Thiers
27,173 corpus weight
- Thornbury
Thornbury
27,171 corpus weight
- timberline
timberline
27,169 corpus weight
- Tirupati
Tirupati
27,166 corpus weight
- tomfoolery
tomfoolery
27,165 corpus weight
- trackage
trackage
27,163 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “timberline” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | timberline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɪmbɚˌlaɪn/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #72,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “timberline” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
timberline is uncommon English at frequency #72,832 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɪmbɚˌlaɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The height or limit beyond which trees do not grow in mountainous or Arctic regions.".
timberline has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From timber + line. The correct English form is timberline, spelled T-I-M-B-E-R-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1The height or limit beyond which trees do not grow in mountainous or Arctic regions.
Etymology
From timber + line.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.