toller
"toller" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“toller” is uncommon English (frequency #83,825 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,825
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who tolls a bell; a bell ringer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-toller · toller · English
toller · rank #83,825 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,825
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tomasi
Nearest frequency peer: Tomasi (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “toller”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- timespan
timespan
16,179 corpus weight
- tipoff
tipoff
16,178 corpus weight
- toller
toller
16,176 corpus weight
- Tomasi
Tomasi
16,175 corpus weight
- TOPIX
TOPIX
16,174 corpus weight
- torte
torte
16,173 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “toller” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toller |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “toller” in English
Rare enough to double-check
toller is uncommon English at frequency #83,825 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who tolls a bell; a bell ringer.".
Zero misspellings are on record for toller in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From toll + -er, from the verb. The correct English form is toller, spelled T-O-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who tolls a bell; a bell ringer.
Etymology
From toll + -er, from the verb.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).