tremor
/ˈtɹɛmə/
"tremor" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tremor” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,316. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,316
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A shake, quiver, or vibration.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tremor · tremor · English
tremor · rank #27,316 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,316
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH ticketing
Nearest frequency peer: ticketing (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “tremor”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- thoracic
thoracic
72,688 corpus weight
- ticketing
ticketing
72,687 corpus weight
- tremor
tremor
72,685 corpus weight
- twister
twister
72,683 corpus weight
- Ulrich
Ulrich
72,682 corpus weight
- unannounced
unannounced
72,681 corpus weight
What this shows “tremor” 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 | tremor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹɛmə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,316 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “tremor”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around tremor (IPA /ˈtɹɛmə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,316 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tremor, with forms such as "rtemor", "termor", and "tremmor". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "tumor", "Trevor", "tenor", 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 tremour (“fright”), from Anglo-Norman tremour and Old French tremor, from Latin tremor. The correct English form is tremor, spelled T-R-E-M-O-R.
Definition
- 1A shake, quiver, or vibration.
- 2A shake, quiver, or vibration.
- 3An earthquake.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tremor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She felt a tremor in her stomach before going on stage.
The optometrist has been losing patients ever since he developed tremors in his hand.
Etymology
From Middle English tremour (“fright”), from Anglo-Norman tremour and Old French tremor, from Latin tremor.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtemor
- termor
- tremmor
- tremorr
- tremro
- treomr
- trmeor
- trremor
- ttremor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tremor - 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 "tremor", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).