whiteface
"whiteface" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“whiteface” is uncommon English (frequency #96,666 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,666
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Makeup that makes the face appear white.
Corpus desk
Index EN-whiteface · whiteface · English
whiteface · rank #96,666 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,666
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 12,113
- PHOTO-FINISH whitely
Nearest frequency peer: whitely (+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 “whiteface”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Westie
Westie
3,340 corpus weight
- whiteface
whiteface
3,335 corpus weight
- whitely
whitely
3,334 corpus weight
- whoopsie
whoopsie
3,333 corpus weight
- wireframe
wireframe
3,331 corpus weight
- wolfhound
wolfhound
3,329 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “whiteface” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | whiteface |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “whiteface” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
whiteface is uncommon English at frequency #96,666 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
whiteface doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From white + face. The correct English form is whiteface, spelled W-H-I-T-E-F-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Makeup that makes the face appear white.
- 2Any bird of the genus Aphelocephala.
- 3A Hereford cow.
- 4Any dragonfly of the genus Leucorrhinia.
- 5A person of European descent. (See usage notes.)
- 6A traditional clown who ranks above the auguste.
Etymology
From white + face.
Synonyms
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 "whiteface", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 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.