undersecretary
"undersecretary" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“undersecretary” has 22 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,383. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,383
- frequency rank, English
- 23,789
- “U” headwords
- 22
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
Corpus desk
Index EN-undersecretary · undersecretary · English
undersecretary · rank #36,383 · 22 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,383
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 22 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,789
- PHOTO-FINISH unassuming
Nearest frequency peer: unassuming (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “undersecretary”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Trimble
Trimble
63,622 corpus weight
- UBC
UBC
63,621 corpus weight
- unassuming
unassuming
63,619 corpus weight
- undersecret…
undersecretary
63,618 corpus weight
- unintelligi…
unintelligible
63,617 corpus weight
- unorganized
unorganized
63,616 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “undersecretary” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | undersecretary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #36,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “undersecretary” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 22 spelling variants around undersecretary, anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,383 among 23,789 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for undersecretary, with forms such as "nudersecretary", "udnersecretary", and "unddersecretary". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From under- + secretary. The correct English form is undersecretary, spelled U-N-D-E-R-S-E-C-R-E-T-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1An administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet
- 2An assistant or deputy secretary of a government department
Etymology
From under- + secretary.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nudersecretary
- udnersecretary
- unddersecretary
- underescretary
- underrsecretary
- undersceretary
- underseccretary
- undersecertary
- undersecreatry
- undersecretarry
- undersecretaryy
- undersecretayr
- undersecretray
- undersecrettary
- undersecrretary
- undersecrteary
- undersercetary
- underssecretary
- undesrecretary
- undresecretary
- unedrsecretary
- unndersecretary
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of undersecretary - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "undersecretary", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).
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.