trimmer
/ˈtɹɪmə/
"trimmer" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trimmer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,212. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,212
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comparative form of trim: more trim
Corpus desk
Index EN-trimmer · trimmer · English
trimmer · rank #38,212 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,212
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH transgenic
Nearest frequency peer: transgenic (-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 “trimmer”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- transcripti…
transcriptional
61,791 corpus weight
- transgenic
transgenic
61,790 corpus weight
- trimmer
trimmer
61,789 corpus weight
- Trudy
Trudy
61,788 corpus weight
- TWA
TWA
61,787 corpus weight
- undiagnosed
undiagnosed
61,784 corpus weight
What this shows “trimmer” 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 | trimmer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtɹɪmə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #38,212 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “trimmer”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around trimmer (IPA /ˈtɹɪmə/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,212 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "comparative form of trim: more trim".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for trimmer, with forms such as "rtimmer", "tirmmer", and "trimemr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "timer", "trier", "timber", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From trim + -er. Figurative sense of “person who changes views with prevailing opinions” from 1680s, from nautical sense of “adjust sails with the wind”. The correct English form is trimmer, spelled T-R-I-M-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1comparative form of trim: more trim
Etymology
From trim + -er. Figurative sense of “person who changes views with prevailing opinions” from 1680s, from nautical sense of “adjust sails with the wind”.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtimmer
- tirmmer
- trimemr
- trimer
- trimmerr
- trimmre
- trmimer
- trrimmer
- ttrimmer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trimmer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "trimmer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).